Acute Ataxia in Childhood: 11-Year Experience at a Major Pediatric Neurology Referral Center

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1156-1160

  Thakkar, Kavita ^a   Maricich, Stephen M ^a,b   Alper, Gulay ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute ataxia; acute cerebellitis; case studies case series; cerebellar ataxia; postinfectious cerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ACUTE CEREBELLITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR STROKE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCUSSION; DRUG INTOXICATION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LEIGH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OPSOCLONUS MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION; ATAXIA; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATAXIA; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84978224322     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073816643407     Document Type: Article

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