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Randomised double-blind trial of bromovinyldeoxyuridine (BVDU) and trifluorothymidine (TFT) in dendritic corneal ulceration.
  1. W. J. Power,
  2. A. Benedict-Smith,
  3. M. Hillery,
  4. K. Brady and
  5. L. M. Collum
  1. Professorial Unit, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

    Abstract

    The results of a randomised double-blind clinical trial of 0.1% bromovinyldeoxyuridine (BVDU) and 1% trifluorothymidine (TFT) in 60 patients with corneal dendritic ulceration are presented. There was no significant difference between BVDU and TFT in terms of numbers of ulcers healed (p = 0.61), mean healing time (p = 0.065), and cumulative healing rate (p = 0.058). No serious side effects were observed, though transient stinging was recorded in five patients receiving TFT and in three patients receiving BVDU. One patient in the group treated with TFT developed a punctate epitheliopathy.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.75.11.649

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