Effect of oral acyclovir after penetrating keratoplasty for herpetic keratitis: A placebo-controlled multicenter trial

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1916-1919

  Van Rooij, Jeroen ^a   Rijneveld, Wilhelmina J ^a   Remeijer, Lies ^a   Völker Dieben, Henny J M ^b   Eggink, Catrien A ^c   Geerards, Annette J M ^a   Mulder, Paul G H ^d   Doornenbal, Peter ^a   Beekhuis, W Houdijn ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT INFECTION; SURVIVAL; TABLET; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0141624938     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00798-X     Document Type: Article

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