About the Authors

Joanna Wasielica-Poslednik

joanna.wasielica-poslednik@unimedizin-mainz.de, poslednik@gmx.net

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Germany

Giuseppe Politino

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Germany

Irene Schmidtmann

Affiliation Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Katrin Lorenz

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Germany

Katharina Bell

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Germany

Norbert Pfeiffer

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Germany

Susanne Pitz

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

Prof. Susanne Pitz was supported by Genzyme (US) and Shire. The funds were used for the acquisition of the Ocular Response Analyzer. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JWP SP. Data curation: JWP GP IS. Formal analysis: IS GP. Funding acquisition: SP JWP. Investigation: GP JWP. Methodology: IS JWP. Project administration: JWP SP. Resources: JWP SP KL KB NP. Software: IS. Supervision: JWP SP. Validation: IS GP. Visualization: IS GP JWP. Writing – original draft: JWP. Writing – review & editing: SP IS KL KB NP.