Cerebellar ataxia in chicken pox. Description of a case with a review of the pathophysiological mechanisms involved [2];Ataxia cerebelosa aguda en la varicela. Descripción de un caso con revisión de los mecanismos fisiopatológicos

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 639-640

  Jiménez Caballero, Pedro Enrique ^a,b   Velazquez Perez J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARACETAMOL;

CASE STUDY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHICKENPOX; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REYE SYNDROME; SKIN DEFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VACCINATION;

EID: 24644498331     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4010.2005046     Document Type: Letter

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