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. 1985 Jul;48(7):695–697. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.48.7.695

Cerebellar ataxia in enteric fever.

R S Wadia, N R Ichaporia, R S Kiwalkar, R B Amin, H V Sardesai
PMCID: PMC1028413  PMID: 4031914

Abstract

In a study of enteric fever, cerebellar ataxia was found to be the commonest neurological manifestation, second only to toxic delirium. Excluding toxic delirium (found in 25-30% of cases) neurologic deficit was noted in 5.0% of a series of 718 consecutive cases; 2.3% showed cerebellar ataxia, either as an isolated feature or in association with other lesions. The ataxia usually appeared in the second week, and lasted a mean of 9.4 days. In 90% of cases it had cleared completely within a month.

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