Acknowledgements
The University of Genoa is gratefully acknowledged for an E.C. fellowship. The authors are also grateful to patients and their families for participation in the studies and ongoing support.
Declaration of interest: This work was partly supported by grant “La sclerosi laterale amiotrofica (SLA) e le gravi malattie del motonerone: dai meccanismi molecolari alla presa in carico del paziente” Regione Liguria to GLM and PM.
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.