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Research Article

Effect of oculomotor vision rehabilitation on the visual-evoked potential and visual attention in mild traumatic brain injury

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Pages 922-929 | Received 17 Jul 2013, Accepted 21 Jan 2014, Published online: 24 Feb 2014

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