Correction to: European Journal of Human Genetics (2009) 17, 1222–1230; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.30; published online 18 March 2009

Since the above publication, the authors have noticed an error in the ‘Results’ section. The sentence:

The prevalence of the major criteria in the other four organ systems did not show significant differences in accordance to gender.

Should read:

The prevalence of fulfilling major cardiovascular criteria was significantly more often present in men (22/31) than in women (24/56, P=0,014). The prevalence of the major criteria in the other four organ systems did not show significant differences in accordance to gender.

The typesetters would like to apologise for this mistake.