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Published: 26 March 2010

Reply to Hu

W-C Wu^1,3,
K-C Cheng^2,4 &
H-J Wu¹

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We thank Hu¹ for the comments on our article. Below we propose our explanations to the queries raised.

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Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
W-C Wu & H-J Wu
Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
K-C Cheng
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
W-C Wu
Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
K-C Cheng

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Wu, WC., Cheng, KC. & Wu, HJ. Reply to Hu. Eye 24, 1414–1415 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2010.36

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Published: 26 March 2010
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