About the Authors

Deniz Kanber

Contributed equally to this work with: Deniz Kanber, Tea Berulava

Affiliation Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany

Tea Berulava

Contributed equally to this work with: Deniz Kanber, Tea Berulava

Affiliation Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany

Ole Ammerpohl

Affiliation Institut für Humangenetik, Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Diana Mitter

Affiliation Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany

Julia Richter

Affiliation Institut für Humangenetik, Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Reiner Siebert

Affiliation Institut für Humangenetik, Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Bernhard Horsthemke

bernhard.horsthemke@uni-due.de

Affiliation Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany

Dietmar Lohmann

Affiliation Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany

Karin Buiting

Affiliation Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS DL KB. Performed the experiments: DK TB OA JR. Analyzed the data: DK TB OA JR KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM. Wrote the paper: DK TB BH DL KB. Provided input into the project's direction: BH. Provided patient material and clinical data: DM. Supervised part of the molecular studies: RS.