About the Authors

Lucia De Franceschi

lucia.defranceschi@univr.it

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Giovanni Scardoni

Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanni Scardoni, Carlo Tomelleri

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Diagnosis, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, The Center for Biomedical Computing, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Carlo Tomelleri

Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanni Scardoni, Carlo Tomelleri

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Adrian Danek

Affiliation Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinicum der Universität München, Munich, Germany

Ruth H. Walker

Affiliations Department of Neurology, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Hans H. Jung

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Benedikt Bader

Affiliation Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinicum der Universität München, Munich, Germany

Sara Mazzucco

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Maria Teresa Dotti

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Angela Siciliano

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Antonella Pantaleo

Affiliation Department of Biology, Molecular and Medical Chemistry, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Carlo Laudanna

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Diagnosis, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, The Center for Biomedical Computing, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: CT AS AP GS. Analyzed the data: CT AS AP GS LDF CL. Wrote the paper: LDF CL. Conceived and designed the study: LDF CL. Identified the patients and provided the blood samples: AD BB RHW HHJ MD SM.