Ali, Mohammad Javed
Glóckner, Mareile
Schicht, Martin
Bräuer, Lars
Paulsen, Friedrich
Article History
Received: 24 January 2018
Revised: 4 August 2018
Accepted: 27 August 2018
First Online: 3 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: 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, 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.
: This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.
: Mohammad Javed Ali received support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for his research and he also receives royalties from Springer for the textbook “Principles and Practice of Lacrimal Surgery” and treatise “Atlas of Lacrimal Drainage Disorders”. Friedrich Paulsen was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) grants PA738/1-1 to 1-5 as well as PA738/2-1. He receives royalties from Elsevier for the anatomy atlas “Sobotta” and the Sobotta Anatomy Textbook. The present work was performed in fulfillment of the requirements for obtaining the degree Dr. med. dent (MG).