About the Authors
- Robert P. Igo Jr
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Laura J. Kopplin
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Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Peronne Joseph
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Barbara Truitt
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Jeremy Fondran
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- David Bardenstein
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Anthony J. Aldave
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Affiliation The Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Christopher R. Croasdale
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Affiliation David Duehr Dean Clinic, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Marianne O. Price
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Affiliation Price Vision Group, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Miriam Rosenwasser
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Affiliation Central Pennsylvania Eye Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jonathan H. Lass
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan H. Lass, Sudha K. Iyengar
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Sudha K. Iyengar
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan H. Lass, Sudha K. Iyengar
* E-mail: ski@case.edu
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- for the FECD Genetics Multi-center Study Group
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¶Membership of FECD Genetics Multi-center Study Group is detailed in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
Dr. Marianne Price is affiliated with Price Vision Group, Indianapolis, Indiana. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JHL SKI. Analyzed the data: RPI LJK. Wrote the paper: RPI LJK PJ BT AJA CRC MOP MR JHL SKI. Collected the sample: DB AJA CRC MOP MR JHL SKI Designed and maintained the database for study data: JF. Collected genotype data: PJ BT.