About the Authors

Heather C. Mefford

hmefford@u.washington.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Hiltrud Muhle

Affiliation Department of Neuropediatrics, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Philipp Ostertag

Affiliation Department of Neuropediatrics, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Sarah von Spiczak

Affiliation Department of Neuropediatrics, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Karen Buysse

Affiliation Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Carl Baker

Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Andre Franke

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany

Alain Malafosse

Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Pierre Genton

Affiliation Centre Saint Paul-Hôpital Henri Gastaut, Marseilles, France

Pierre Thomas

Affiliation Unité Fonctionnelle EEG-Epileptologie and Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Pasteur, Nice, France

Christina A. Gurnett

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Stefan Schreiber

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany

Alexander G. Bassuk

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Michel Guipponi

Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Ulrich Stephani

Affiliation Department of Neuropediatrics, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Ingo Helbig

Affiliation Department of Neuropediatrics, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Evan E. Eichler

Affiliations Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCM US IH EEE. Performed the experiments: HCM KB CB. Analyzed the data: HCM CB IH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCM HM PO SvS AF AM PG PT CAG SS AGB MG US IH EEE. Wrote the paper: HCM. Provided clinical data: HM PO SvS.