We screened FANCA mutations in 61 confirmed FA cases and we could identify 26 different molecular changes in 36 FA cases (34 unrelated individuals and 2 siblings) including 8 novel mutations (a small deletion c.2500delC, 4 non-sense mutations c.2182C>T, c.2630C>G, c.3677C>G, c.3189G>A; and 3 missense mutations; c.1273G>C, c.3679G>C, and c.3992T>C) (Tables 2 and 3). Here, FANCA is linked to Friedreich ataxia.