Acute cerebellar ataxia in a 41 year old woman

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 984-988

  Moses, Howard ^a   Nagel, Maria A ^b   Gilden, Donald H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE NAPSILATE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE; IBUPROFEN; MECLOZINE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ATAXIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INFECTION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEOPLASM; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33749652915     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(06)70601-9     Document Type: Review

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