About the Authors
- Minako Kaido
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* E-mail: fwiw1193@mb.infoweb.ne.jp
Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Wada Eye Clinic, Houjyou, Tateyama-shi, Chiba, Japan
- Ikuko Toda
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ikuko Toda, Tomoo Oobayashi, Motoko Kawashima, Yusaku Katada, Kazuo Tsubota
Affiliation Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic, Kitaaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Tomoo Oobayashi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ikuko Toda, Tomoo Oobayashi, Motoko Kawashima, Yusaku Katada, Kazuo Tsubota
Affiliation Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic, Kitaaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Motoko Kawashima
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ikuko Toda, Tomoo Oobayashi, Motoko Kawashima, Yusaku Katada, Kazuo Tsubota
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Yusaku Katada
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ikuko Toda, Tomoo Oobayashi, Motoko Kawashima, Yusaku Katada, Kazuo Tsubota
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Kazuo Tsubota
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ikuko Toda, Tomoo Oobayashi, Motoko Kawashima, Yusaku Katada, Kazuo Tsubota
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
Drs. Kazuo Tsubota and Minako Kaido hold patent rights for the method and apparatus used for the measurement of functional visual acuity (US patent no: 7470026) and receive royalties for it from Kowa Co., Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have no affiliation with any corporation.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Kaido KT. Performed the experiments: M. Kaido IT YK. Analyzed the data: M. Kaido. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Kaido TO IT M. Kawashima YK. Wrote the paper: M. Kaido KT.