FANCG and Friedreich ataxia: 2000; Kutler et al. 2003; Auerbach 2009). In the present cohort of Brazilian patients, it was found that 22.2% belonged to FA‐G subtype compared to the approximately 10% reported in the literature. This higher frequency might be due to the composition of the screening panel that included the FANCG mutation c.1077‐2A>G, which may introduce a bias in this frequency as investigations were only pursued for patients showing 1 of the 11 mutations in the initial panel.