About the Authors

Timothy G. Lesnick

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Eric J. Sorenson

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

J. Eric Ahlskog

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

John R. Henley

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Lina Shehadeh

Affiliation Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Spiridon Papapetropoulos

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Demetrius M. Maraganore

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dmaraganore@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

TGL and DMM report a provisional application for patent under 37 CFR § 1.53 (c) entitled ‘Predicting Parkinson's Disease.’ No monies have been awarded to date.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM TL. Performed the experiments: DM TL. Analyzed the data: DM SP JH JA LS ES TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM SP LS TL. Wrote the paper: DM SP JH JA LS ES TL.