Retinal macrophage-like cell activation and ganglion cell layer thinning are associated with disability and MRI lesion burden in multiple sclerosis

• Francesco Pichi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ilmiticopicchio@gmail.com

  Affiliations University of Toronto, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Toronto, Canada, Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7357-4166

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• Yanny Perez Jimenez,

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

  Affiliation Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Matteo Belletti,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation IRCSS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8251-2188

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• Alia Alsuwaidi,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Radiology Department, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Fatema Alawadhi,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Radiology Department, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Gina Lee,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Piergiorgio Neri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Victoria Mifsud,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Anu Jacob,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Beatrice Benedetti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Ester Carreño

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hospital Universitario la Paz, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0055-9547

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