A systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the efficacy of acyclovir 3% ophthalmic ointment to idoxuridine in curing herpetic keratitis by Day 7 of treatment

BACKGROUND: This objective of the review and analysis is to demonstrate that acyclovir (ACV) 3% ophthalmic ointment is superior to idoxuridine (IDU) in treating herpetic keratitis (HK) presenting as dendritic and geographic ulcer sub-types. METHODS: Data sources: Publications in human subjects were...

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Autores principales: Balderson, Diane E, Cai, Gengqian, Fries, Michael A, Kleinman, David M, McLaughlin, Megan M, Trivedi, Trupti M, Wurzelmann, John I, Young, Sheila B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4451880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25928630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-015-0022-2

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