Genetic tests performed before WES excluded Huntington’s disease (IT15), spinal muscular atrophy (SMN1), spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (AR), primary torsion dystonia (DYT1), and the common forms of spastic paraplegias (SPG4, REEP1, ATL1, SPG7). Here, ATL1 is linked to proximal spinal muscular atrophy.