Acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood

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Acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood is a childhood condition characterized by an unsteady gait, most likely secondary to an autoimmune response to infection, drug induced or paraneoplastic. Most common virus causing acute cerebellar ataxia are Chickenpox virus and Epstein Barr Virus, leading to a childhood form of post viral cerebellar ataxia. It is a diagnosis of exclusion.

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