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Post-malarial cerebellar ataxia in adult Sudanese patients.

Abstract
In this study the clinical manifestation and the effect of corticosteroids on the course and the outcome of post malaria cerebellar ataxia on thirty adult Sudanese patients wr investigated. Twenty four patients with delayed ataxia, that is, ataxia occurring shortly after full recovery from otherwise uncomplicated, documented malaria and six patients who were found to be ataxic on recovery from cerebral malaria were included in the study. The distribution of the age, sex and various clinical aspects were outlined. Twelve randomly selected patients were given oral prednisolone. The corticosteroid was found to shorten the period of ataxia. It was also found that in patients who demonstrated cerebellar infarction or atrophy on computerised tomography the duration of ataxia was significantly long.
AuthorsM N Abdulla, T E Sokrab, Z A Zaidan, H E Siddig, M E Ali
JournalEast African medical journal (East Afr Med J) Vol. 74 Issue 9 Pg. 570-2 (Sep 1997) ISSN: 0012-835X [Print] Kenya
PMID9487432 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Prednisolone
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Cerebellar Ataxia (classification, diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, parasitology)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Cerebral (complications)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prednisolone (therapeutic use)
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sudan
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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