About the Authors

Giorgio Tasca

Contributed equally to this work with: Giorgio Tasca, Mario Pescatori

Affiliation Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation, Milan, Italy

Mario Pescatori

Contributed equally to this work with: Giorgio Tasca, Mario Pescatori

Affiliations Department of Bioinformatics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Crosslinks BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Porto Conte Ricerche Srl, Tramariglio, Alghero (SS), Italy

Mauro Monforte

Affiliation Institute of Neurology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Massimiliano Mirabella

Affiliation Institute of Neurology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Elisabetta Iannaccone

Affiliation Institute of Neurology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Roberto Frusciante

Affiliation Institute of Neurology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Tiziana Cubeddu

Affiliation Porto Conte Ricerche Srl, Tramariglio, Alghero (SS), Italy

Francesco Laschena

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Pierfrancesco Ottaviani

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Enzo Ricci

ericci@rm.unicatt.it

Affiliation Institute of Neurology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GT MP ER. Performed the experiments: GT MP TC. Analyzed the data: GT MP M. Monforte M. Mirabella EI RF FL PO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GT ER. Wrote the paper: GT MP ER.