Larsen, Petra P.
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Thiele, Sarah
Krohne, Tim U.
Ziemssen, Focke
Krummenauer, Frank
Holz, Frank G.
Finger, Robert P.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ernst und Berta Grimmke Stiftung (Lfd. Nr. 9/16)
Article History
Received: 2 August 2018
Revised: 31 October 2018
Accepted: 20 November 2018
First Online: 27 November 2018
Change Date: 6 March 2019
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: The original version of this article inadvertently contained a mistake. Authors incorrectly listed in PDF version while correctly presented in the html version.
Compliance with ethical standards
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: S. Thiele reports personal fees from Carl Zeiss MediTec, Heidelberg Engineering, and Optos, outside the submitted work. T. U. Krohne reports personal fees from Alimera Sciences, Bayer, Heidelberg Engineering, and Novartis, outside the submitted work. F. Ziemssen has received honoraria for consultation and research from Alimera, Allergan, Bayer, Biogen, MSD, Novartis, NovoNordisk and Roche, none was related to the topic. F.G. Holz reports personal fees from Acucela, Allergan, Bayer, Bioeq, Boehringer Ingelheim, Carl Zeiss MediTec, Genentech/Roche, Heidelberg Engineering, Merz, NightstarX, Novartis, Optos, Pixium and Thea, outside the submitted work. R. P. Finger reports personal fees from Bayer, Opthea, Santen, Novartis, Retina Implant and Novelion, outside the submitted work.None of the sponsors had any role in the study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication. None of the authors has any proprietary or competing interests to disclose.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the local ethic committees and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants or their legal guardians included in the study.