About the Authors
- Yuki Muraoka
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* E-mail: muraoka@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Akitaka Tsujikawa
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
- Ayako Takahashi
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Yuto Iida
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Tomoaki Murakami
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Sotaro Ooto
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Kiyoshi Suzuma
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Akihito Uji
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Nagahisa Yoshimura
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Competing Interests
A. Tsujikawa has received grant support from Pfizer, Novartis Pharma K.K., Alcon, and Bayer (unrelated to this study). Kiyoshi Suzuma has received grant support from Novartis Pharma K.K. (unrelated to this study). Nagahisa Yoshimura has received financial support from Topcon Corporation, Nidek and Canon (unrelated to this study) and has provided consultancy services to Nidek. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YM. Performed the experiments: YM A. Tsujikawa TM SO. Analyzed the data: YM A. Tsujikawa A. Takahashi YI TM SO KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM A. Tsujikawa A. Takahashi YI TM SO KS AU NY. Wrote the paper: YM A. Tsujikawa.