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Clinical Trial
. 1980 Oct;64(10):763-5.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.64.10.763.

A comparison of acyclovir and idoxuridine as treatment for ulcerative herpetic keratitis

D J Coster, K R Wilhelmus, R Michaud, B R Jones
Clinical Trial

A comparison of acyclovir and idoxuridine as treatment for ulcerative herpetic keratitis

D J Coster et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1980 Oct.

Abstract

Sixty patients were treated with either acyclovir 2% ointment or idoxuridine 1% ointment 5 times a day in a stratified randomised double-blind clinical trial. The 2 antiviral agents were equally effective.

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