Recurrent and pre-eruptive acute cerebellar ataxia: a rare case of varicella.
This is a report of an unusual case of acute cerebellar ataxia in which the ataxia recurred after a 6 week interval and the second episode of ataxia antedated the varicella exanthem by 19 days, suggesting the direct invasion of the central nervous system by the varicella virus.
Takeuchi
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Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Yoshihara
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T
Ishimura
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K
Amano
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T
Kadomoto
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Y
Sawada
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T
D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000209:etiology*; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence