About the Authors

Hajer Ayari-Jeridi

Affiliation Laboratoire de Génétique, Immunologie et Pathologies Humaines, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis EL MANAR, Campus universitaire, Tunis, 2092, Tunisia

Kimberly Moran

Affiliation Genetic Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Amel Chebbi

Affiliation Institut Hédi Rais d’Ophtalmologie de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Hédi Bouguila

Affiliation Institut Hédi Rais d’Ophtalmologie de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Imen Abbes

Affiliation Laboratoire d’Anatomie Pathologique, Institut Salah Azaiez de Cancérologie, Tunis, Tunisia

Khaoula Charradi

Affiliation Laboratoire de Génétique, Immunologie et Pathologies Humaines, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis EL MANAR, Campus universitaire, Tunis, 2092, Tunisia

Amel Benammar-Elgaaïed

Affiliation Laboratoire de Génétique, Immunologie et Pathologies Humaines, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis EL MANAR, Campus universitaire, Tunis, 2092, Tunisia

Arupa Ganguly

ganguly@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliation Genetic Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAJ AG. Performed the experiments: HAJ KM. Analyzed the data: HAJ KM AG ABE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HAJ AC HB IA KC. Wrote the paper: HAJ AG.