Two different missense mutations in ELOVL5 (c.214C > G, p.Leu72Val and c.689G > T, p.Gly230Val) cause SCA38, which is characterized by gait ataxia, dysarthria, abnormal eye movements, and cerebellar atrophy with onset in the third or fourth decade (Di Gregorio et al., 2014). This evidence concerns the gene ELOVL5 and Spinocerebellar ataxia type 38.