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Virtual Prism Adaptation Therapy: Protocol for Validation in Healthy Adults
Published on: February 12, 2020
Case report: prismatic redirection of vision for progressive supranuclear palsy
R R Weisz1, S P Richer, M Jordan
1Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Eye Clinic, Chicago, IL 60064.
Abstract:
Limitation of extraocular movements in progressive supranuclear palsy is a significant and uncomfortable problem. Specially designed mirror-prism spectacles make it possible for these patients to read and feed themselves.
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