Optometry - Journal of the American Optometric Association
Volume 75, Issue 8 , Pages 503-508 , August 2004

Visual acuity through Fresnel, refractive, and hybrid diffractive/refractive prisms

  • Milton Katz, O.D.

      Affiliations

    • katz M. Visual acuity through Fresnel, refractive, and hybrid diffractive/refractivw prisms. Optometry 2004;75:503-8.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding address: SUNY College of Optometry, 33 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036.

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PII: S1529-1839(04)70175-X

doi: 10.1016/S1529-1839(04)70175-X

Optometry - Journal of the American Optometric Association
Volume 75, Issue 8 , Pages 503-508 , August 2004