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Vatookarn Roongpoovapatr1,2,3\*, Pinnita Prabhasawat2 , Saichin Isipradit1 , Mohamed Abou Shousha<sup>3</sup> and Puwat Charukamnoetkanok1

1 Department of Ophthalmology, Mettapracharak (Wat Rai Khing) Hospital, Nakorn-Pathom, Thailand

2 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

3 Miller School of Medicine, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, FL, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: drvatookarn@gmail.com

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