Visual field recovery in a patient with bilateral occipital lobe damage.

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Visual field recovery in a patient with bilateral occipital lobe damage. / Ptito, M; Dalby, Mogens; Gjedde, A.

In: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Vol. 99, No. 4, 1999, p. 252-4.

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Ptito, M, Dalby, M & Gjedde, A 1999, 'Visual field recovery in a patient with bilateral occipital lobe damage.', Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, vol. 99, no. 4, pp. 252-4.

APA

Ptito, M., Dalby, M., & Gjedde, A. (1999). Visual field recovery in a patient with bilateral occipital lobe damage. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 99(4), 252-4.

Vancouver

Ptito M, Dalby M, Gjedde A. Visual field recovery in a patient with bilateral occipital lobe damage. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 1999;99(4):252-4.

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Ptito, M ; Dalby, Mogens ; Gjedde, A. / Visual field recovery in a patient with bilateral occipital lobe damage. In: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 1999 ; Vol. 99, No. 4. pp. 252-4.

Bibtex

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