Acute cerebellitis associated with rotavirus infection

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-89

  Kato, Zenichiro ^a   Sasai, Hideo ^a   Funato, Michinori ^a   Asano, Takahiko ^b   Kondo, Naomi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebellar ataxia; cerebellitis; magnetic resonance imaging; rotavirus; single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLITIS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSMETRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL LESION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLURRED SPEECH; TREATMENT DURATION; TRUNCAL ATAXIA; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84873436553     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-011-0298-0     Document Type: Article

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