Recurrent acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood following nonspecific respiratory tract infection

Acute cerebellar ataxia in childhood following viral infection is a self-limited disease. The disease with recurrent course has rarely been reported. At the Department of Pediatrics. Ramathibodi Hospital, three children with recurrent episodes of acute cerebellar ataxia following nonspecific viral i...

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Main Authors: Anannit Visudtibhan, Pongsakdi Visudhiphan, Surang Chiemchanya
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spelling th-mahidol.184502018-07-04T15:09:47Z Recurrent acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood following nonspecific respiratory tract infection Anannit Visudtibhan Pongsakdi Visudhiphan Surang Chiemchanya Mahidol University Medicine Acute cerebellar ataxia in childhood following viral infection is a self-limited disease. The disease with recurrent course has rarely been reported. At the Department of Pediatrics. Ramathibodi Hospital, three children with recurrent episodes of acute cerebellar ataxia following nonspecific viral infection were encountered. The age at onset of each patient was 2 years, 18 months and 2 years old. The clinical symptoms were similar and improved rapidly after glucocorticoid was given. All patients recovered without residual deficit. Six, 5 and 3 recurrent attacks of similar illness were noted in each patient respectively after the first episode. However, no further attack occurred after the age of 5 years and the age of last follow-up was 17, 16 and 14 years old respectively. The pathogenesis of the recurrent episodes is uncertain. The abnormal immunological response is postulated. 2018-07-04T08:09:47Z 2018-07-04T08:09:47Z 1998-12-01 Article Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.81, No.12 (1998), 1014-1018 01252208 2-s2.0-0032239456 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/18450 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=0032239456&origin=inward
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Anannit Visudtibhan
Pongsakdi Visudhiphan
Surang Chiemchanya
Recurrent acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood following nonspecific respiratory tract infection
description Acute cerebellar ataxia in childhood following viral infection is a self-limited disease. The disease with recurrent course has rarely been reported. At the Department of Pediatrics. Ramathibodi Hospital, three children with recurrent episodes of acute cerebellar ataxia following nonspecific viral infection were encountered. The age at onset of each patient was 2 years, 18 months and 2 years old. The clinical symptoms were similar and improved rapidly after glucocorticoid was given. All patients recovered without residual deficit. Six, 5 and 3 recurrent attacks of similar illness were noted in each patient respectively after the first episode. However, no further attack occurred after the age of 5 years and the age of last follow-up was 17, 16 and 14 years old respectively. The pathogenesis of the recurrent episodes is uncertain. The abnormal immunological response is postulated.
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Anannit Visudtibhan
Pongsakdi Visudhiphan
Surang Chiemchanya
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author Anannit Visudtibhan
Pongsakdi Visudhiphan
Surang Chiemchanya
author_sort Anannit Visudtibhan
title Recurrent acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood following nonspecific respiratory tract infection
title_short Recurrent acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood following nonspecific respiratory tract infection
title_full Recurrent acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood following nonspecific respiratory tract infection
title_fullStr Recurrent acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood following nonspecific respiratory tract infection
title_full_unstemmed Recurrent acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood following nonspecific respiratory tract infection
title_sort recurrent acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood following nonspecific respiratory tract infection
publishDate 2018
url https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/18450
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