Cerebellar ataxia following whooping cough

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-61

  Setta, Fabrizia ^a,b   Baecke, Monique ^c   Jacquy, Jean ^b   Hildebrand, Jerzy ^d   Monseu, Guy ^e   Manto, Mario Ubaldo ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e Braine L'Alleud Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Cerebellum; Infection; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; DYSMETRIA; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERTUSSIS; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0033023449     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(99)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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