Footnotes

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• Contributors VLB conceived of the pathway and project, wrote the first draft and submmited. PF and FPS executed and wrote the first draft. DBB and HBF provided expert advice and reviewed the manuscript. EMLdO supervised the project and reviewed the manuscript and gave expert opinions. All authors approved the final version of this manuscript.

• 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 PF is an editorial board member of the neurology resident and fellow section. VLB, FPS, DBB, HBF and EMLdO declare that there are no conflicts of interest relevant to this work.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed by Aaron Berkowitz, San Francisco, USA.