Takeda, Yoko
Takahashi, Naoki
Kiyota, Naoki
Kokubun, Taiki
Tsuda, Satoru
Omodaka, Kazuko
Yokoyama, Yu
Nakazawa, Toru
Funding for this research was provided by:
JST Center for Revitalization Promotion and Kakenhi Grants-in-Aid for young scientists (K.O. 17K16957)
JST grant from JSPS Kakenhi Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (T.N. 20H03838)
Article History
Received: 16 December 2022
Accepted: 18 September 2023
First Online: 4 October 2023
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). The Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine 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. Fundus and OCT photographs are published after obtaining the patient’s consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.