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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Evaluation of the Traveling Vision Examiner Program in the Submacular Surgery Trials Pilot Study

Peggy R. Orr The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
, MPH, COMT,
Marta J. Marsh The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
, MS,
Barbara S. Hawkins The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
, PhD,
Patricia L. Hawse The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
, MS, COMT,
Neil M. Bressler The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
, MD,
Peggy R. Orr The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
, MPH, COMT,
Marta J. Marsh The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
, MS,
Barbara S. Hawkins The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
, PhD,
Patricia L. Hawse The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
, MS, COMT &
Neil M. Bressler The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
, MD show all
Pages 47-57 | Accepted 25 Aug 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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