About the Authors

Kazuma Yagura

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kei Shinoda

shinodak@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Soiti Matsumoto

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Matsumoto Eye Clinic, Takagaki, Awa-cho, Awa-shi, Tokushima, Japan

Gaku Terauchi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Emiko Watanabe

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Harue Matsumoto

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Matsumoto Eye Clinic, Takagaki, Awa-cho, Awa-shi, Tokushima, Japan

Goichi Akiyama

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Akiyama Eye Clinic, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Mizota

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Yozo Miyake

Affiliation Aichi Medical University, Yazakokarimata, Nagakute-shi, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS SM YM. Performed the experiments: KY KS SM GT. Analyzed the data: KY KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS SM AM. Wrote the paper: KY KS YM. Administrative support: EW HM AM. Review and approval of the manuscript: KY KS SM GT GA EW AM YM.