About the Authors

Wei-Chi Wu

weichi666@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chi-Hsien Liu

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Nan-Kai Wang

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Kwan-Jen Chen

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Tun-Lu Chen

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yih-Shiou Hwang

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Pei-Ju Liao

Affiliation Department of Health Care Administration, Oriental Institute of Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan and Department of Business Administration, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Lien-Min Li

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chi-Chun Lai

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WCW CHL CCL. Performed the experiments: WCW LML CCL. Analyzed the data: WCW NKW KJC PJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TLC YSH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: WCW CCL.