| Acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood | |
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| Specialty | Pediatrics, neurology |
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.[1] The most common viruses 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.[2]