Postvaricella cerebellar ataxia in children in Costa Rica;Ataxia aguda cerebelosa posvaricela en niños costarricenses

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-53

  Camacho Badilla, K ^a   Mendez I ^b   Soriano Fallas, A ^a   Ulloa Gutierrez R ^a   Avila Aguero Ma L ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

^b Hospital Max Peralta   (Costa Rica)

^c Laboratorio Nacional de Virología   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Acute ataxia; Acute cerebellitis; Acute postvaricella cerebellar ataxia; Complications; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTVARICELLA CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 38349032878     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13114471     Document Type: Article

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