Received for publication March 8, 2005; revision received January 18, 2006; accepted February 5, 2006.
From the *Department of Visual Optics, Division of Health Science, Baekseok University, Korea; the †Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; and the ‡Korea National Research Resource Collection, Korean Eye Tissue and Gene Bank related to blindness, Korea.
Supported by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MOE), the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) and Ministry of Labor (MOLAB) through the fostering project of the Lab of Excellency.
Reprints: Choun-Ki Joo, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Kangnam St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-ku, Seoul 137-040, Korea (e-mail: [email protected]).