Homozygous missense pathogenic variants inWWOX were found in two consanguineousfamilies with spinocerebellar ataxia type 12 (SCAR12) associated with epilepsy andintellectual disabilty.3 Biallelic pathogenic variants in WWOX were subsequently implicated in a form ofautosomal recessive infantile epileptic encephalopathy called WWOX-related epileptic encephalopathy (WOREE)syndrome.4–9. The gene discussed is WWOX; the disease is epilepsy.