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ReviewArquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

Limitations and advances in new treatments and future perspectives of corneal blindness.

Rosalia Antunes-Foschini, Leidiane Adriano, Adriana de Andrade Batista Murashima, Amanda Pires Barbosa, Luis Fernando Nominato, Lara Cristina Dias, Marina Zilio Fantucci, Denny Marcos Garcia, Monica Alves, Eduardo Melani Rocha

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Review in Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Cell and Gene Therapy in Equine Ocular Disease.Veterinary ophthalmology · 2026
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  7. Systemic diseases and the cornea.Experimental eye research · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Rosalia Antunes-FoschiniDepartment of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7865-8967
Leidiane AdrianoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3637-7307
Adriana de Andrade Batista MurashimaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Amanda Pires BarbosaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Luis Fernando NominatoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Lara Cristina DiasDepartment of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Marina Zilio FantucciDepartment of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Denny Marcos GarciaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9123-2728
Monica AlvesDiscipline of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7940-0194
Eduardo Melani RochaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9888-7313
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Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review is intended to describe the therapeutic approaches for corneal blindness, detailing the steps and elements involved in corneal wound healing. It also presents the limitations of the actual surgical and pharmacological strategies used to restore and maintain corneal transparency in terms of long-term survival and geographic coverage. In addition, we critically review the perspectives of anabolic agents, including vitamin A, hormones, growth factors, and novel promitotic and anti-inflammatory modulators, to assist corneal wound healing. We discuss the studies involving nanotechnology, gene therapy, and tissue reengineering as potential future strategies to work solely or in combination with corneal surgery to prevent or revert corneal blindness.

Indexed as

CorneaCorneal InjuriesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBlindnessHumansWound HealingAnti-Inflammatory Agents

Identifiers

PMID33567031
PMCPMC11826770
OpenAlexW3108912302

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