About the Authors
- Laura L. Kilarski
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Affiliation Stroke and Dementia Research Centre, St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Loes C. A. Rutten-Jacobs
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* E-mail: LR406@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Steve Bevan
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Rob Baker
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Affiliation Department of Haematology, Lysosomal Storage Disorders Unit, Royal Free Hospital and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom
- Ahamad Hassan
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Affiliation Department of neurology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Derralynn A. Hughes
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Affiliation Department of Haematology, Lysosomal Storage Disorders Unit, Royal Free Hospital and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom
- Hugh S. Markus
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- UK Young Lacunar Stroke DNA Study
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¶The list of investigators of the UK Young Lacunar Stroke DNA Study is provided in the acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
Dr. Hughes has received consulting fees and travel and research grants and honoraria for speaking from Shire GmbH, Genzyme. Dr. Markus received an unrestricted scientific grant from Shire Human Genetic Therapies. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LK SB AH HM. Analyzed the data: LK LR RB DH HM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RB DH. Wrote the paper: LK LR HM.