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Question :
Posted On : 07 Feb 2012
a child aged 4 years presented to me with history of fever {not varicella infection} and followed by ataxia at the age of 2 years. had one recurrence after that. now the child has residual deficit in form of persisting ataxia, intelligence is normal with good understanding and reasoning. now child is on low dose corticosteroids on alternate days. MRI-normal. no microcephaly, what are the chances of child recovering_?_?
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Expert Answer :
Rule out familial and genetic causes of ataxia. Also rule out ataxia telangiectsia.
Answer Discussion :
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osama simsaa
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cerebral ataxia as coplication of varicella
13 years ago
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dr.ankur patel
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post viral infectious ataxia
13 years ago
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karthik thiagarajan
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qweerr
13 years ago
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Uday Chandrapalsingh Rajput
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autosomal dominant famalial ataxia
13 years ago
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sanaa mohamed
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as long as MRI is normal ther is good chance to improve on low dose corticosteroids and physiotherapy
13 years ago




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