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 surprisingly, surprisingly because no one ant ..clpated
 that this could be so, that acetazolamide actually
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 increased visual field after its admlnlstration_ and
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 that was a very surprising finding. That was
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 reported in a book based on proceedings at a
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 symposium in Vancouver.
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 Now_ _ have not seen any further work in
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 that areas but _ know drugs qu_Ite wells and _ know
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 that he works a lot with various sodalities of
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 discerning changes in vlslon_ but in very general
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 terms s yes, I would agree with that statement that
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 once you have lost visual function in a part of the
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 /" retlnes it is impossible to regain it.
 14 The changes that Drance was talking about
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 were relatively minors but significant.
 16 _ That statement has _ot been confirmed by
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 any other studies?
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 only been done by Drance.
 20 _ Okay, _sn_t it true that the goal of all
 21 of the approved glaucoma drugs is to lower eye
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 pressure?
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 Okays and when these drugs are looked for
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