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  Vol. 108 No. 5, May 1990 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Effect of topically administered epidermal growth factor on corneal wound strength

H. M. Leibowitz, S. Morello Jr, M. Stern and A. Kupferman
Department of Ophthalmology, University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118.

A 9-mm perforating corneal wound was created in one eye of New Zealand albino rabbits, sutured, and treated with mouse-derived epidermal growth factor (1 mg/L), human-derived epidermal growth factor (1.0 mg/L to 100 mg/L), or buffered saline, instilled once, twice, or four times daily. Both mouse-derived epidermal growth factor and human-derived epidermal growth factor significantly increased the tensile strength of full-thickness corneal wounds after 9 days of topical therapy. For human-derived epidermal growth factor, a concentration of 10 mg/L administered twice daily produced the maximal effect. An increase in either the concentration of epidermal growth factor or its frequency of administration failed to induce a further increase in wound strength. Indeed, at a concentration of 100 mg/L, human-derived epidermal growth factor appeared to lose its ability to accelerate healing of full-thickness corneal wounds.

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