Contributor: Gordon K. Klintworth
Spinocerebellar ataxia 10 is one a heterogenous group of autosomal dominant inherited neurogenerative diseases that are characterized by a cerebellar ataxia and a cerebellar degeneration. Spinocerebellar ataxia has been subdivided into sixteen types depending on the locus of the responsible gene. The gene for spinocerebellar ataxia 10 has been mapped to human chromosome 22 (22q13).