About the Authors
- Martina Gerber
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3001 Bern, Switzerland
- Andrea Fischer
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Affiliation Section of Neurology, Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80539 Munich, Germany
- Vidhya Jagannathan
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3001 Bern, Switzerland
- Michaela Drögemüller
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3001 Bern, Switzerland
- Cord Drögemüller
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3001 Bern, Switzerland
- Martin J. Schmidt
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Small Animal Clinic, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Filipa Bernardino
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Affiliation Section of Neurology, Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80539 Munich, Germany
- Eberhard Manz
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Affiliation Generatio Sol. GmbH, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
- Kaspar Matiasek
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Affiliation Section of Clinical and Comparative Neuropathology, Institute of Veterinary Pathology at the Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80539 Munich, Germany
- Kai Rentmeister
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Affiliation Tierärztliche Praxis für Neurologie, 97337 Dettelbach, Germany
- Tosso Leeb
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* E-mail: tosso.leeb@vetsuisse.unibe.ch
Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3001 Bern, Switzerland
Competing Interests
The authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: E. Manz is the CEO of the company Generatio Sol., which is offering genetic testing for DWLM. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MG VJ TL. Performed the experiments: MG VJ MD CD EM TL. Analyzed the data: MG VJ MD CD EM TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF MJS FB KM KR. Wrote the paper: MG AF VJ FB TL.