About the Authors

Hiroto Terasaki

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Satoru Kase

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Makoto Shirasawa

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Hiroki Otsuka

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Toshio Hisatomi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Shozo Sonoda

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Susumu Ishida

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Tatsuro Ishibashi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Taiji Sakamoto

tsakamot@m3.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT SK SS SI TI TS. Performed the experiments: HT MS HO TH. Analyzed the data: HT MS SS. Wrote the paper: HT SK TS.