About the Authors
- Sarah Vierkotten
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Affiliation Center of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Philipp S. Muether
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Affiliation Center of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Sascha Fauser
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* E-mail: sfauser@gmx.net
Affiliation Center of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Competing Interests
This study was partly funded by Novartis (no employment, no consultancy, no patents, no products in development, no marketed products, etc.). There were no other commercial funders. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SF SV. Performed the experiments: SV PSM. Analyzed the data: SV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF. Wrote the paper: SV SF.