Acute cerebellitis in varicella: a ten year case series and systematic review of the literature.

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Published in Ital J Pediatr on June 19, 2014

Authors

Elena Bozzola1, Mauro Bozzola, Alberto Eugenio Tozzi, Valeria Calcaterra, Daniela Longo, Andrzej Krzystofiak, Alberto Villani

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatric, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Pediatric and Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS, Rome, Italy. elena.bozzola@opbg.net.

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