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Successful Rehabilitation of a Homonymous Hemianopia Patient with Binocular Ground-in Sectorial Prisms: Considerations concerning Prism Power and Location

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Pages 138-143 | Received 30 Nov 2010, Accepted 14 Mar 2011, Published online: 18 Jun 2011

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