The impact of modifier genes on cone-rod dystrophy heterogeneity: An explorative familial pilot study and a hypothesis on neurotransmission impairment

• Luigi Donato,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Division of Medical Biotechnologies and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy, Department of Biomolecular Strategies, Genetics, Cutting-Edge Therapies, I.E.ME.S.T., Palermo, Italy

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• Simona Alibrandi,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliations Division of Medical Biotechnologies and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy, Department of Biomolecular Strategies, Genetics, Cutting-Edge Therapies, I.E.ME.S.T., Palermo, Italy, Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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• Concetta Scimone ,

  Roles Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cscimone@unime.it

  Affiliations Division of Medical Biotechnologies and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy, Department of Biomolecular Strategies, Genetics, Cutting-Edge Therapies, I.E.ME.S.T., Palermo, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4824-1693

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• Carmela Rinaldi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Medical Biotechnologies and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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• Angela Dascola,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Division of Medical Biotechnologies and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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• Alessandro Calamuneri,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation Division of Medical Biotechnologies and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3164-6464

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• Rosalia D’Angelo,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Medical Biotechnologies and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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• Antonina Sidoti

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Division of Medical Biotechnologies and Preventive Medicine, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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