About the Authors

Takuhei Shoji

shoojii@saitama-med.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan, Advanced Laser Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Hiroto Kuroda

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan, Advanced Laser Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Masayuki Suzuki

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan, Advanced Laser Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Motoyoshi Baba

Affiliation Advanced Laser Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Masanori Hangai

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan, Advanced Laser Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Makoto Araie

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan, Department of Ophthalmology, Kanto Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Shin Yoneya

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan, Advanced Laser Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS MS HK YS. Performed the experiments: TS MS MB HK. Analyzed the data: TS MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS HK MS MA. Wrote the paper: TS MS MH MA SY.