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[Pages:5]BJO Online First, published on April 2, 2014 as 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304453 Clinical science
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Therapeutic effects of 0.1% tacrolimus eye drops for refractory allergic ocular diseases with proliferative lesion or corneal involvement
Atsuki Fukushima,1 Yuichi Ohashi,2 Nobuyuki Ebihara,3 Eiichi Uchio,4 Shigeki Okamoto,5 Naoki Kumagai,6 Jun Shoji,7 Etsuko Takamura,8 Yayoi Nakagawa,9 Kenichi Namba,10 Hiroshi Fujishima,11 Dai Miyazaki12
For numbered affiliations see end of article. Correspondence to Dr Atsuki Fukushima, Department of Ophthalmology, Kochi Medical School, Oko-cho Kohasu, Nankoku-shi, Kochi 783-8505, Japan; fukusima@kochi-u.ac.jp Received 9 October 2013 Revised 26 December 2013 Accepted 16 March 2014
To cite: Fukushima A, Ohashi Y, Ebihara N, et al. Br J Ophthalmol Published Online First: [ please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol2013-304453
ABSTRACT Background The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of topical 0.1% tacrolimus in treating refractory allergic conjunctivitis with proliferative lesions and/or corneal involvement. Methods This prospective observational study included 1436 patients with refractory allergic conjunctivitis whose condition had responded poorly to conventional antiallergic drugs and/or topical steroids and/or topical cyclosporine. All patients received tacrolimus eye drops twice daily during the study period. Ten clinical signs and six clinical symptoms were rated on a four-grade scale. The primary endpoint was the change from baseline in total clinical signs and symptoms score at the last observation or following 6 months of treatment. Results Total signs and symptoms score significantly decreased after 1 month of treatment ( p ................
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