Transient Mutism and Pathologic Laughter in the Course of Cerebellitis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-52

  Dimova, Petia S ^a   Bojinova, Veneta S ^a   Milanov, Ivan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUTISM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; REFLEX DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SOMNOLENCE; SPEECH; TENDON REFLEX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ATAXIA; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUTISM; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66349093044     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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