title: Recurrent and pre-eruptive acute cerebellar ataxia: a rare case of varicella.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kadomoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawada
mesh_terms: D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000209:etiology*; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence