Footnotes

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• Contributors PC and DD conceptualised the study. PC carried major role in acquisition of data, analysed the data and drafted the manuscript for intellectual content. AZ and SS contributed to acquisition of data. All coauthors (AZ, SS, MR, PJD, CJK, SJP, MM and DD) revised the manuscript for intellectual content. All authors gave final approval for the submitted article and take responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of this work.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests SJP has patent pending for MAP1B as a marker of neurological autoimmunity.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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