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In order to detect and follow up early functional defects in glaucoma, we are concerned with small changes which occur in quantitative perimetry. Changes due to a disease state must be differentiated from artificial changes, for example, those due to influence of drugs.
In order to satisfy a possible influence of tranquillizers on the visual field, we treated healthy volunteers with placebo, 5 and 10mg diazepam, respectively. The visual field were determined using program JO on the differential light sensitivities, their scatter, the learning and fatigue phenomena as well as reaction times.
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Haas, A.L., Flammer, J. (1985). Influence of Diazepam on the Outcome of Automated Perimetry. In: Heijl, A., Greve, E.L. (eds) Sixth International Visual Field Symposium. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5512-7_77
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