About the Authors

Laura L. Kilarski

Affiliation Stroke and Dementia Research Centre, St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom

Loes C. A. Rutten-Jacobs

LR406@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Steve Bevan

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Rob Baker

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Lysosomal Storage Disorders Unit, Royal Free Hospital and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Ahamad Hassan

Affiliation Department of neurology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom

Derralynn A. Hughes

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Lysosomal Storage Disorders Unit, Royal Free Hospital and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom

Hugh S. Markus

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

UK Young Lacunar Stroke DNA Study

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.