About the Authors

Tina Schick

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Lebriz Altay

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Eva Viehweger

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Carel B. Hoyng

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Anneke I. den Hollander

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Moritz Felsch

Affiliation Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Sascha Fauser

sascha.fauser@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS SF. Performed the experiments: TS LA EV AdH SF. Analyzed the data: TS MF SF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH AdH SF. Wrote the paper: TS LA SF.