Correction to: Leukemia (2005) 20, 48–54. doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2404020

It has been identified by the authors that there has been an error in the spelling of two authors names.

GR Cambrin should have been spelled G. Rege-Cambrin and FL Coco should have been spelled F Lo Coco.

The authors apologize for these errors.