About the Authors
- James Rooney
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Contributed equally to this work with: James Rooney, Susan Byrne
* E-mail: jrooney@rcsi.ie
Affiliation Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland
- Susan Byrne
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Contributed equally to this work with: James Rooney, Susan Byrne
Affiliation Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland
- Mark Heverin
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Affiliation Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland
- Bernie Corr
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Marwa Elamin
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Affiliation Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland
- Anthony Staines
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Affiliation School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
- Ben Goldacre
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Orla Hardiman
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Affiliations Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: Professor Orla Hardiman: Prof. Orla Hardiman has received speaking honoraria from Janssen Cilag, Biogen Idec, Sanofi Aventis and Merck-Serono. She has been a member of advisory panels for Biogen Idec, Allergen, Ono Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Cytokinetics and Sanofi Aventis. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The remaining authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JR SB ME OH. Analyzed the data: JR SB. Wrote the paper: JR SB OH. Data collection: SB MH BC ME OH. Critical review, contributions to analysis strategy, manuscript edits and approval: AS BG OH.