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  1. Keith Barton1,
  2. Jost B Jonas2,
  3. James Chodosh3, Editors in chief
  1. 1 Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
  2. 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Seegartenklinik Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
  3. 3 Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Howe Laboratory Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  1. Correspondence to Keith Barton, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London E1V 2PD, UK; BJO{at}keithbarton.co.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-315168

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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