Rare, potentially pathogenic variants in 21 keratoconus candidate genes are not enriched in cases in a large Australian cohort of European descent

• Sionne E. M. Lucas,

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

  Affiliation Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0104-5406

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• Tiger Zhou,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Nicholas B. Blackburn,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

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• Richard A. Mills,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Jonathan Ellis,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Queensland University of Technology and Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Paul Leo,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Emmanuelle Souzeau,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Bronwyn Ridge,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Jac C. Charlesworth,

  Roles Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6201-3518

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• Richard Lindsay,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Richard Lindsay and Associates, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2430-3861

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• Jamie E. Craig,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Kathryn P. Burdon

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kathryn.burdon@utas.edu.au

  Affiliation Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8217-1249

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