About the Authors

Ewa Golanska

ewa.golanska@umed.lodz.pl

‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Agata Gajos

‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Movement Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Monika Sieruta

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Malgorzata Szybka

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Monika Rudzinska

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Medical University of Silesia, Central Clinical Hospital, Katowice, Poland, Stroke Department and Department of Neurology, Central Clinical Hospital, Katowice, Poland

Stanislaw Ochudlo

Affiliation Stroke Department and Department of Neurology, Central Clinical Hospital, Katowice, Poland

Tomasz Kmiec

Affiliation Child Neurology Department, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Pawel P. Liberski

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Andrzej Bogucki

Affiliation Department of Movement Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG AG PPL AB. Performed the experiments: M. Sieruta M. Szybka. Analyzed the data: EG AG M. Sieruta M. Szybka AB. Wrote the paper: EG AG AB. Diagnosed and classified the patients for the project: AG MR SO TK AB. Provided blood for genetic analyses from the patients: AG MR SO TK AB. Provided and analyzed clinical data: AG MR SO TK AB. Revised the work critically for important intellectual content: M. Sieruta M. Szybka MR SO TK PPL. Approved the final version to be published: EG AG M. Sieruta M. Szybka MR SO TK PPL AB.