About the Authors

Shashank Gupta

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Pradeep Kumar Bhaskar

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Ritu Bhardwaj

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Abhishek Chandra

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Vidya Nair Chaudhry

Affiliation R. K. Netralaya Eye Hospital & Research Centre, Varanasi, India

Prashaant Chaudhry

Affiliation R. K. Netralaya Eye Hospital & Research Centre, Varanasi, India

Akhtar Ali

Affiliation Centre for Genetic Disorders, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Ashim Mukherjee

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Mousumi Mutsuddi

mousumi_mutsuddi@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM AM. Performed the experiments: SG PKB RB. Analyzed the data: SG AA MM AM. Wrote the paper: SG MM. Clinical Examination and recruitment of study subjects: AC VNC PC.