Identifying novel genetic variants in epidermolysis Bullosa among Middle Eastern Arab Families: Insights from whole exome sequencing and computational analysis

• Nancy Shehata ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Nancyshehata@gmail.com (NS); nshaik@kau.edu.sa (NAS)

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0237-3478

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• Babajan Banaganapalli,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliations Department of Genetic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Jawhara Al-Brahim Centre of Excellence in Research of Hereditary Disorders, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Hadiah Bassam Al Mahdi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Shmoukh Alghuraibi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Mahmoud Younis,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Sultana Abdulghani,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Noor Ahmad Shaik ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Nancyshehata@gmail.com (NS); nshaik@kau.edu.sa (NAS)

  Affiliations Department of Genetic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Jawhara Al-Brahim Centre of Excellence in Research of Hereditary Disorders, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Zuhier Awan,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Fahad Hakami

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah International Research Centre, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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