Correction to: European Journal of Human Genetics (2015) 23, 721–728; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2014.197; published online 24 September 2014

The authors have requested that Hanns Lochmüller’s affiliation be amended to: The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.