About the Authors
- Kohei Shobayashi
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Toshihiro Inoue
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* E-mail: noel@da2.so-net.ne.jp
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Motofumi Kawai
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Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Department of Ophthalmology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
- Keiichiro Iwao
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Saori Ohira
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Sachi Kojima
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Utako Kuroda
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Kei-Ichi Nakashima
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Hidenobu Tanihara
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Competing Interests
The sponsor or funding organization had no role in the design or conduct of this research. Dr. Tanihara has received consulting fees from Kowa, and MSD, and board membership fees from Senju Pharmaceutical, Santen Pharmaceutical, Alcon Japan, and Pfizer Japan, and Ex-PRESS shunt devices were provided from Alcon Japan. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TI HT. Performed the experiments: KS MK KI SO SK UK KIN. Analyzed the data: KS TI MK KI SO SK UK KIN HT. Wrote the paper: KS TI MK KI SO SK UK KIN HT.