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Br J Ophthalmol 83:1268-1271 doi:10.1136/bjo.83.11.1268
  • Original Article
    • Clinical science

Mycophenolate mofetil versus cyclosporin A in high risk keratoplasty patients: a prospectively randomised clinical trial

Table 3

Rejection, treatment failure, adverse events

CSA MMF
Rejection
 In the first 6 postoperative months 1 (5%) 1 (4.5%)
 After cessation of immunosuppressive therapy 1 (5%) 1 (4.5%)
 Irreversible graft failure from rejection 0 0
Premature withdrawal 1 (5%) 2 (9.1%)
 Hepatotoxicity 1 (5%) 0
 Hodgkin’s lymphoma 0 1 (4.5%)
 Unsatisfactory therapeutic response 0 1 (4.5%)
  • The rejection episodes involved different grafts, no graft was rejected twice.

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