Topical Tacrolimus as an adjunct to Conventional Therapy for Stromal Herpetic Keratitis: a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Mitra AkbariReza Soltani MoghadamRamin ElmiAmir NosratiEhsan TaghiabadiNasser Aghdami

Published in: Journal of ophthalmic & vision research (2019)

The addition of 0.05% topical tacrolimus enhances visual acuity and reduces corneal inflammation, neovascularization, and scarring; thus, it can used as an appropriate adjunct treatment for patients with HSK.

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wound healing
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vascular endothelial growth factor
optical coherence tomography
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combination therapy