Temporary cerebellar hypoperfusion with good outcome in cerebellitis

Neurological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 430-432

  Hsieh, Peiyuan F ^a,b   Lin, Wan Yu ^a   Chang, Ming Hong ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute cerebellar ataxia; Cerebellitis; Hypoperfusion; Single photon emission tomography

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0038015513     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164103101201634     Document Type: Article

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