Diabetic retinopathy remains the leading cause of visual disability and blindness among professionally active adults in economically developed societies, which is of particular concern because the prevalence and incidence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus is expected to increase sharply during the next de
Imagery and spatial processes in blindness and visual impairment
โ Scribed by Zaira Cattaneo; Tomaso Vecchi; Cesare Cornoldi; Irene Mammarella; Daniela Bonino; Emiliano Ricciardi; Pietro Pietrini
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 299 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0149-7634
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