Correction to: BMC Neurol (2019) 19:287

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-019-1506-0

Following publication of the original article [1], an error was noted regarding the year found in the paragraph of the Background section.

The sentence should read ‘As of 31 August 2019, it is estimated that more than 293,400 patients have been treated with fingolimod, corresponding to approximately 714,600 patient-years of exposure (data on file, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation)’.