Long-term clinical efficacy of topical treatment with recombinant human nerve growth factor in neurotrophic keratopathy: a novel cure for a rare degenerative corneal disease?

Table 1 Demographic and clinical features at baseline

Eye treated	N
Right eye	7
Left eye	11
NK stage
Stage 2	11
Stage 3	7
Age (years)
Range	46–83
Mean ± SD	65.3 ± 12.6
Gender (n)
Male	7
Female	11
NK etiology (n)
HSV keratitis	7
Sjogren Syndrome	6
Multiple ocular surgeries	2
Diabetes mellitus	1
Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid	1
Ocular chemical burn	1
Other associated diseases
Cataract
Lymphoma	1
Calcific band keratopathy	1
	1

HSV = herpes simplex virus; NK = neurotrophic keratitis; SD = standard deviation

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