title: [A girl with rapidly progressive ataxia].
abstract: A 4-year-old girl came to the emergency department with a headache since 4 weeks and ataxia since 1 day. Before she had had stomatitis. The girl tested positive for coxsackievirus. MRI showed multiple lesions in the white matter. The diagnosis was 'acute disseminated encephalomyelitis'.
authors.affiliation: Maxima Medisch Centrum, afd. Pediatrie en Neonatale IC, Veldhoven, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Levinus A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Bok
authors.forename: Feico Jan
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Halbertsma
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging