Garweg, Justus G.
Zirpel, Johanna J.
Gerhardt, Christin
Pfister, Isabel B.
Article History
Received: 25 October 2017
Revised: 27 December 2017
Accepted: 10 January 2018
First Online: 3 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JGG advises several pharmaceutical companies (Alcon, Allergan, Bayer, Novartis) and participates in a number of international, multicentre clinical studies that are sponsored by a few of these (Novartis, Bayer) in the fields of AMD and diabetic retinopathy. These activities had no bearing on the study that gave rise to the submitted article, for which JGG received neither direct nor indirect financial support; nor has he conflicts of interest with any of the presented data. The other two authors have no potential conflicts of interest.
: This study did not receive any external funding.
: Though formal consent is not required for this type of retrospective study, ethical approval was received by the Institutional Ethics Board (Kantonale Ethikkommission Bern, University of Bern, registration number KEK 99/15).