Muftuoglu, Ilkay Kilic
Lin, Tiezhu
Freeman, William R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Eye Institute (P30 EY022589)
Research to Prevent Blindness
Article History
Received: 18 May 2018
Revised: 19 July 2018
Accepted: 26 July 2018
First Online: 9 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The University of California, San Diego Institutional Review Board approval was acquired for the review and analysis of patients’ medical records. The study adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki for research involving human subjects and complied with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations.
: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge, or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.