Correction to: European Journal of Human Genetics (2010) 18, 463–470; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.172; published online 21 October 2009

Since the online publication of the above paper, the authors noticed that the affiliations are incorrect. The correct affiliations are listed below.

Irene Pichler1, Christian Fuchsberger1, Christa Platzer1, Minal Çalişkan2, Fabio Marroni1, Peter P Pramstaller1,3,4 and Carole Ober2

1Institute of Genetic Medicine, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC), Bolzano, Italy (Affiliated Institute of the University of Lübeck, Germany); 2Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; 3Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; 4Department of Neurology, Central Regional Hospital, Bolzano, Italy

The authors would like to apologise for this mistake.