Acute cerebellar ataxia, acute cerebellitis, and opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1482-1488

  Desai, Jay ^a   Mitchell, Wendy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute cerebellar ataxia; cerebellitis; opsoclonus ataxia syndrome; opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN; RITUXIMAB; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ACUTE CEREBELLITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAIT DISORDER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MEASLES; MUMPS; OPSOCLONUS MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RUBELLA; VACCINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPSOCLONUS-MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867571133     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812450318     Document Type: Article

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