About the Authors

Yu-Chieh Ko

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia-Jen Liu

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

De-Kuang Hwang

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Tzeng-Ji Chen

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Catherine J. Liu

jlliu@vghtpe.gov.tw

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCK Catherine J. Liu Chia-Jen Liu. Performed the experiments: YCK Chia-Jen Liu DKH. Analyzed the data: YCK Chia-Jen Liu DKH TJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YCK TJC Catherine J. Liu. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YCK Catherine J. Liu.