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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We thank the families for their participation and cooperation in our study. We also thank Dr S. Riazuddin for a critique of the manuscript. The work in Pakistan was supported by a research grant (HEC-1262) from the Higher Education Commission, to R.S.S. This work was also supported by intramural research funds granted by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation (CCHMC) to Z.M.A. and by a Career Development Award from the Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation. Tasleem Kausar, Thomas J. Jaworek, Nabeela Tariq, Sobia Sadia, Muhammad Ali, Rehan S. Shaikh and Zubair M. Ahmed Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA and Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan E-mail: rehansadiq80@bzu.edu.pk or zubair.ahmed@cchmc.org These authors contributed equally to this work.