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Author names were incorrectly spelled as “Mark L. Hartman”, “Jihad Abubaker”, “Ebaa Alozairi”, and “Mohamed Abufarha”. The correct spelling is “Mor-Li Hartman”, “Jehad Abubaker”, “Ebaa Al-Ozairi”, and “Mohamed Abu-Farha”. The updated author contributions statement appears below. “RN and FA-M designed the study. FA-M, RN, and JG directed the work. OA, JG, SD, and M-LH directed study participant recruitment, sample processing, and data collection. FA-M, RN, HaA, and MB shortlisted the gene/variant. RN, MM, GA, and NA performed the experiment. FA-M, RN, and PS carried out statistical analysis and interpretation. EA-O, LD, HeA, MLH, MT, HoA, and FA-R carried out clinical data analysis and interpretation. RN and FA-M wrote the manuscript. EA-O, JT, LD, JG, AA, FA-R, SS, MQ, MA-F, JA, M-LH, PS, MB, HaA, and OA reviewed and edited the manuscript. FA-M, EA-O, and JT critically revised and approved the manuscript.” The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.