Hemicerebellitis: Report of three paediatric cases and review of the literature

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-281

  Carceller Lechón, Fernando ^a   Duat Rodríguez, Anna ^a   Sirvent Cerdá, Sara I ^a   Khabra, Komel ^b   De Prada, Inmaculada ^a   García Peñas, Juan Jose ^a   Madero López, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellar ataxia; Cerebellitis; Hemicerebellitis; Posterior fossa tumour

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

AXENIC CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMICEREBELLITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84900309841     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2013.12.004     Document Type: Review

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