About the Authors

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Hidehiro Oku

hidehirooku@aol.com

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Taeko Horie

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Seita Morishita

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Masahiro Tonari

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Kazuma Oku

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Akiko Okubo

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Teruyo Kida

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Masashi Mimura

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Masanori Fukumoto

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Shota Kojima

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Shinji Takai

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Tsunehiko Ikeda

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HO ST TI. Performed the experiments: HS HO TH SM MT KO AO TK. Analyzed the data: KO TK MM MF SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HO ST TI. Wrote the paper: HO ST TI.