About the Authors

Maria Carmela Pera

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ MCP and GC contributed equally as co-first authors.

Affiliation Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Giorgia Coratti

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ MCP and GC contributed equally as co-first authors.

Affiliation Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Beatrice Berti

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Adele D’Amico

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy

Maria Sframeli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, and Centro Clinico Nemo Sud, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Emilio Albamonte

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Unit, Neuromuscular Omnicentre Clinical Center, Niguarda Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Roberto de Sanctis

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Sonia Messina

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, and Centro Clinico Nemo Sud, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Michela Catteruccia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy

Giorgia Brigati

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center of Experimental and Translational Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

Laura Antonaci

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Simona Lucibello

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Claudio Bruno

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center of Experimental and Translational Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

Valeria A. Sansone

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neurorehabilitation Unit, Neuromuscular Omnicentre Clinical Center, Niguarda Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Enrico Bertini

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy

Danilo Tiziano

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Genomic Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Fondazione, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Marika Pane

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Eugenio Mercuri

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

eugeniomaria.mercuri@unicatt.it

Affiliations Pediatric Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, Centro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.