Varicella and acute cerebellar ataxia.
In two cases of varicella-associated cerebellar ataxia, varicella-zoster antigens in CSF cells were shown by an indirect immunofluorescent technique. Direct viral invasion in CNS disease complicating varicella plays an important part in pathogenesis and rules out a single immune-mediated mechanism.
D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
D000956:Antigens, Viral