acute cerebellar ataxia

acute cerebellar ataxia
a usually unilateral type of cerebellar ataxia that may be associated with infectious disease, tumor, or trauma, and results in marked hypotonia of muscles on the affected side, with asynergy and assumption of a characteristic posture.

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