About the Authors

Masaki Tanito

tanito-oph@umin.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Ophthalmology, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, 200 Horo-machi, Matsue, Shimane, Japan, Department of Ophthalmology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, 89–1 Enya, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Koji Nitta

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hospital, Fukui, Japan

Maki Katai

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Sapporo Medical Center Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation, Sapporo, Japan

Yasushi Kitaoka

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Yu Yokoyama

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Kazuko Omodaka

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Toru Nakazawa

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Competing Interests

Drs. Masaki Tanito, Koji Nitta, Yu Yokoyama, Toru Nakazawa have received lecture honoraria and/or consultation fees from Kowa Company, Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MT KN MK YK YY KO TN. Data curation: MT. Formal analysis: MT. Investigation: MT KN MK YK YY KO TN. Methodology: MT. Project administration: MT. Resources: MT KN MK YK YY KO TN. Software: MT. Supervision: MT. Validation: MT. Visualization: MT. Writing – original draft: MT. Writing – review & editing: MT KN MK YK YY KO TN.