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Stuart I. Brown, MD; Carol A. Weller, PhD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1970;83(3):352-353.

Abstract
Solutions of cysteine, sodium edetic acid, and calcium edetic acid were topically applied to alkali-burned corneas of rabbits. Cysteine proved to be the most effective in preventing ulcers in 13 of 16 eyes. Sodium edetic acid was less effective and calcium edetic acid not at all.

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Cornea Research Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical School, New York.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug 18, 1969.

Reprint requests to the Cornea Research Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical School, 525 E 68th St, New York 10021 (Dr. Brown).

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