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  1. A Shiraishi1,
  2. Y Ohashi2
  1. 1Department of Ophthalmology and Regenerative Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, Japan
  2. 2Department of Ophthalmology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, Japan
  1. Correspondence to Atsushi Shiraishi, Department of Ophthalmology and Regenerative Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime 791-0295, Japan; shiraia{at}m.ehime-u.ac.jp

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2010.183814

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    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Ethics approval This study was conducted with the approval of the Institutional Review Board of Ehime University.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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