Autosomal recessive congenital cataracts linked to HSF4 in a consanguineous Pakistani family

• Xiaodong Jiao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaodong Jiao, Shahid Y. Khan

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Shahid Y. Khan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaodong Jiao, Shahid Y. Khan

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Haiba Kaul,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Tariq Butt,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Asif Naeem,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Sheikh Riazuddin,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

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• J. Fielding Hejtmancik ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hejtmancikj@nei.nih.gov (JFH); riazuddin@jhmi.edu (SAR)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• S. Amer Riazuddin

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hejtmancikj@nei.nih.gov (JFH); riazuddin@jhmi.edu (SAR)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5671-0437

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