TGC repeat expansion in the TCF4 gene increases the risk of Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy in Australian cases

• Abraham Kuot,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Alex W. Hewitt,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia

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• Grant R. Snibson,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Emmanuelle Souzeau,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Richard Mills,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Jamie E. Craig,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Kathryn P. Burdon ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kathryn P. Burdon, Shiwani Sharma

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia

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• Shiwani Sharma

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kathryn P. Burdon, Shiwani Sharma

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shiwani.sharma@flinders.edu.au

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0828-025X

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