From the Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Ichikawa City, Chiba (E.G., S.S., J.S., K.T.); and the Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo (E.G., S.S., K.T.), Japan.
Submitted February 1, 2001.
Revision received June 11, 2001.
Accepted June 14, 2001.
Grants: Support was obtained in the form of a grant from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Tokyo, Japan, and a grant from the Hightech Research Center at Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan. Support was also received from the Medical School Faculty and Alumni Grants of Keio University Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. K. Tsubota, Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, 11-13 Sugano, 5 Chome, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba 272-8513, Japan. E-mail: [email protected]
