In introns, spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) is associated with (ATTCT) repeat (Matsuura et al., 2000), myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) with (CCTG) repeat (Liquori et al., 2001), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia (ALS/FTD) with (GGGGCC) repeat (DeJesus-Hernandez et al., 2011; Orr, 2011; Renton et al., 2011) and SCA36 with (GGCCTG) repeat (Kobayashi et al., 2011). The gene discussed is NOP56; the disease is myotonic dystrophy type 2.