Omodaka, Kazuko
Kikawa, Tsutomu
Kabakura, Sayaka
Himori, Noriko
Tsuda, Satoru
Ninomiya, Takahiro
Takahashi, Naoki
Pak, Kyongsun
Takeda, Noriyasu
Akiba, Masahiro
Nakazawa, Toru
Funding for this research was provided by:
the JST Center for Revitalization Promotion and KAKENHI Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (K.O. 21K09690)
the Kitazawa Yoshiaki Glaucoma Research Award
JSPS KAKENHI Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (T.N. 20H03838)
JSPS KAKENHI Grants-in-Aid for Exploratory Research (T.N. 21K19548)
AMED (JP21ak0101110)
Article History
Received: 6 May 2022
Accepted: 29 August 2022
First Online: 19 September 2022
Declarations
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: This study adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocols were approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine (study 2021-1-430). Our ethics committee allowed us to waive written informed consent from the patients, because we used retrospective data from patients who received insured medical treatment and opted out of consent requests. No patient was individually identified in this study.
: Not applicable.
: Co-authors TK, NT, and MA are employed by Topcon Corporation, a commercial company. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. The other authors have no potential conflicts of interest associated with this manuscript.