In 2014, WWOX was implicated in the autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia‐12 (SCAR12) (Gribaa et al, 2007; Mallaret et al, 2014) and in the WWOX‐related epileptic encephalopathy (WOREE syndrome, also termed DEE28) (Abdel‐Salam et al, 2014; Ben‐Salem et al, 2015; Mignot et al, 2015). The gene discussed is WWOX; the disease is autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 12.