The steroids for corneal ulcers trial (SCUT): Secondary 12-month clinical outcomes of a randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Srinivasan, Muthiah ^a   Mascarenhas, Jeena ^a   Rajaraman, Revathi ^a   Ravindran, Meenakshi ^a   Lalitha, Prajna ^a   O'Brien, Kieran S ^b   Glidden, David V ^c   Ray, Kathryn J ^b   Oldenburg, Catherine E ^b   Zegans, Michael E ^d   Whitcher, John P ^b   McLeod, Stephen D ^b,c   Porco, Travis C ^b,c   Lietman, Thomas M ^b,c   Acharya, Nisha R ^b,c  

^a ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; CORNEAL ULCER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PREDNISOLONE; QUINOLINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84892573212     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2013.09.025     Document Type: Article

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