About the Authors

Naghmeh Jafari

Contributed equally to this work with: Naghmeh Jafari, Linda Broer

Affiliation Department of Neurology, ErasMS Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Linda Broer

Contributed equally to this work with: Naghmeh Jafari, Linda Broer

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Cornelia M. van Duijn

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

A. Cecile J. W. Janssens

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Rogier Q. Hintzen

r.hintzen@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Neurology, ErasMS Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMvD ACJWJ RQH. Performed the experiments: NJ. Analyzed the data: NJ LB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NJ CMvD ACJWJ . Wrote the paper: NJ LB ACJWJ RQH.