Hwang, Ho Sik
Cho, Kyong Jin
Rand, Gabriel
Chuck, Roy S.
Kwon, Ji Won
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (HI17C0659)
Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea (2017R1A1A2A10000681)
Hallym University Research Fund (HURF-2017-59)
Article History
Received: 27 June 2017
Accepted: 22 May 2018
First Online: 7 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study followed the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Myongji Hospital, Dankook Hospital and Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital. Appropriate Institutional Review Board/Ethics Committee approvals were obtained from IRB of Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Dankook University Hospital and Myongji Hospital and the need for consent was waived for this retrospective chart review study by them.
: Ho Sik Hwang is an associate editor and Roy S. Chuck is a section editor of of BMC Ophthalmology.
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