Yahya, Samar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3710-1011
Watson, Christopher M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2371-1844
Carr, Ian http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9544-1068
McKibbin, Martin http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4388-243X
Crinnion, Laura A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4805-5353
Taylor, Morag http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3907-1290
Bonin, Hope
Fletcher, Tracy
El-Asrag, Mohammed E. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3750-7414
Ali, Manir http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3204-3788
Toomes, Carmel http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8373-9545
Inglehearn, Chris F. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-2562
Funding for this research was provided by:
Saudi Arabia Cultural Bureau in London
Fight for Sight UK (GR586)
Article History
Accepted: 18 May 2023
First Online: 7 June 2023
Declarations
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: Informed written consent was obtained using a protocol that followed the precepts of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Leeds East Research Ethics Committee (Project reference 17/YH/0032).
: Authors Samar Yahya, Christopher M Watson, Ian Carr, Martin McKibbin, Laura A Crinnion, Morag Taylor, Hope Bonin, Tracy Fletcher, Mohammed E El-Asrag, Manir Ali, Carmel Toomes and Chris F Inglehearn declare that they have no conflicts of interest that might be relevant to the contents of this manuscript.
: This work was funded by RP Fighting Blindness and Fight for Sight UK (RP Genome Project GR586) and by a scholarship from the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau and King Abdulaziz University to S.Y. The open access fee was paid from the scholarship funding. No other sources of financial assistance were used to conduct the study or to assist with the preparation of the manuscript. Funding organisations had no role in the design and conduct of this research.
: The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author.
: Not applicable.
: Samar Yahya contributed to study design, acquired, analysed and interpreted data and wrote the first draft of the paper. Christopher Watson contributed to study design, acquired, analysed and interpreted data and worked on early drafts of the paper. Ian Carr acquired, analysed and interpreted data and commented on the paper draft. Martin McKibbin acquired, analysed and interpreted data and commented on the paper draft. Laura Crinnion acquired data and commented on the paper draft. Morag Taylor acquired data and commented on the paper draft. Hope Bonin acquired data and commented on the paper draft. Tracey Fletcher acquired data and commented on the paper draft. Mohammed El-Asrag analysed data and commented on the paper draft. Manir Ali contributed to study design and commented on the paper draft. Carmel Toomes contributed to study design, carried out data analysis and worked on early drafts of the paper. Chris Inglehearn contributed to study design, acquired, analysed and interpreted data and worked on early drafts of the paper. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.