The prevalence of GNE (glucosamine [UDP-N-acetyl]-2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase) myopathy, a rare distal myopathy with inclusion bodies estimated under the category of “distal myopathies,”3 was recently assessed separately in a Northern England cohort.4 Cases were identified from referral records to the Newcastle MRC Neuromuscular GNE diagnostic service, also based in the Northern Genetic Service. This evidence concerns the gene GNE and myopathy.