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Authors
Shah, Shrushti https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4115-1756
Mu, Chunlong https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9405-5907
Shen-Tu, Grace https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7104-8683
Rohmann, Nathalie https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-5845
Schlicht, Kristina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0281-5142
Laudes, Matthais https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7846-955X
Shearer, Jane https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1224-979X
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Calgary Eye's High Fellowship
Alberta Cancer Foundation
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (FKZ: 0315540, FKZ: 0315540, FKZ: 0315540)
ERA-HDHL Initiative
Canadian Institutes for Health Research
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Article History
Received: 13 November 2024
Accepted: 24 June 2025
First Online: 6 September 2025
Declarations
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: All participants gave written informed consent in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki). The study was approved by the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary (REB17-1973).
: All authors have consented to publication. Authors revised the manuscript before final approval and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. All persons designated as authors qualify for authorship.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: We acknowledge that recent versions of SILVA and GTDB have updated taxonomic nomenclature, but we retained the legacy terms assigned by the database used at the time of analysis to preserve consistency.
