About the Authors

Michael Hafner

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Michael.Hafner@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Bettina von Livonius

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Daniel Deschler

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Siegfried G. Priglinger

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Maximilian J. Gerhardt

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Michael Hafner, Bettina von Livonius, and Daniel Deschler declare that they have no competing interests. Maximilian J. Gerhardt reports research funding from Bayer, Janssen, Novartis, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, and Roche, and consulting fees from ViGeneron paid to the LMU Eye Hospital. Siegfried G. Priglinger reports research funding from Novartis, Allergan, Carl Zeiss Meditec, BVI, Bayer, Alcon, Bausch & Lomb, and Roche, as well as consulting fees from Roche, Carl Zeiss Meditec, BVI, and Bausch & Lomb. All authors affirm that these conflicts of interest do not affect or influence the design, conduct, or reporting of this study.