Abstract:Background: To assess the potential values of clinical characters, tear HSV-sIgA and tear HSV-DNA for prediction of stromal HSK recurrence.Methods: Tears and serum IgG/IgM/IgA from 187 stromal HSK patients were collected. All the 187 tear samples serum samples were tested by ELISA for sIgA/ IgG/IgM/IgA. 146 tear samples were also tested by PCR for tear HSV-DNA. Subsequent follow-up time for monitoring recurrence was performed on all the 187 patients for 2 to 55 months.Results: The positive rate of tear HSV-sIg… Show more
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