Acute pediatric cerebellitis and mutism. Case report and review of the literature

Signa Vitae

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-81

  Fantacci, Claudia ^a   Bersani, Giulia ^a   Valentini, Piero ^a   Pierri, Filomena ^a   Mariottti, Paolo ^a   Serranti, Daniele ^a   Chiaretti, Antonio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellitis; Childhood; Dysarthria; Mutism

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUTISM; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 80755184747     PISSN: 13345605     EISSN: 1845206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22514/SV62.102011.11     Document Type: Review

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