In the Cases of the Month Article entitled “A 31‐year‐old man with slowly progressive limb muscle weakness and respiratory insufficiency”, published in Brain Pathology 2017; 28(1):123–124, the following errors were published:
The title of the fourth author was listed as “MD, PhD.” The correct title is “MD” and the author's full name should read:
Yasushi Oya, MD
The first and second author affiliations were listed as:
1Department of Genome Medicine Development, Medicine Genome Center, Tokyo, Japan.
2Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan
The correct author affiliations are:
1Department of Genome Medicine Development, Medical Genome Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan
2Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan
Reference Steele HE, Harris E, Barresi R, Marsh J, Beattie A, Bourke JP et al. (2016) should have been added as the 3rd reference and should have been cited in the “Discussion” section, second paragraph, p. 124.
The text should read:
Nevertheless, a recent study found cardiac conduction abnormalities in 32% (7/22) of patients with the p.Cys31712Arg mutation of TTN and imaging evidence of otherwise unexplained asymptomatic cardiomyopathy in 18% (4/22) (3).
The complete missing reference:
Steele HE, Harris E, Barresi R, Marsh J, Beattie A, Bourke JP et al. (2016) Cardiac involvement in hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure: A cohort study. Neurology 87: 1031–1035.
The missing reference has been added in the online version and the reference citations have been updated accordingly.
We apologize for these errors.