Catastrophic cerebellitis in an adolescent: A case report

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Kashikar, Shivali V ^a   Lakhkar, Bhushan ^a   Pandey, Ankur ^a   Gupta, Aanchal ^a  

^a DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebellar diseases; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CATASTROPHIC CEREBELLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENINX DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PHOTOPHOBIA; QUADRIGEMINAL CISTERN; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SEIZURE; VOMITING;

EID: 84907215676     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2014.84     Document Type: Article

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