Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome due to falciparum malaria in two Indian children

Opsoclonus-myoclonus ataxia (OMA) syndrome is rare in children, mostly caused by neuroblastoma. Here, we present two very rare cases presenting with OMA due to falciparum malaria. Both of them responded to a high dose of adrenocorticotrophin hormone and intravenous immunoglobulin without recurrence...

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Autores principales: Bose, Kallol, Saha, Sudip, Islam, Md. Rahiul, Chakraborty, Chayan, Laskar, Mustakim
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Brief Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5200992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27958213
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.195611
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author Bose, Kallol
Saha, Sudip
Islam, Md. Rahiul
Chakraborty, Chayan
Laskar, Mustakim
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description Opsoclonus-myoclonus ataxia (OMA) syndrome is rare in children, mostly caused by neuroblastoma. Here, we present two very rare cases presenting with OMA due to falciparum malaria. Both of them responded to a high dose of adrenocorticotrophin hormone and intravenous immunoglobulin without recurrence and complication.
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spelling pubmed-52009922017-01-19 Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome due to falciparum malaria in two Indian children Bose, Kallol Saha, Sudip Islam, Md. Rahiul Chakraborty, Chayan Laskar, Mustakim Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communications Opsoclonus-myoclonus ataxia (OMA) syndrome is rare in children, mostly caused by neuroblastoma. Here, we present two very rare cases presenting with OMA due to falciparum malaria. Both of them responded to a high dose of adrenocorticotrophin hormone and intravenous immunoglobulin without recurrence and complication. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5200992/ /pubmed/27958213 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.195611 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Brief Communications
Bose, Kallol
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Islam, Md. Rahiul
Chakraborty, Chayan
Laskar, Mustakim
Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome due to falciparum malaria in two Indian children
title Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome due to falciparum malaria in two Indian children
title_full Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome due to falciparum malaria in two Indian children
title_fullStr Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome due to falciparum malaria in two Indian children
title_full_unstemmed Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome due to falciparum malaria in two Indian children
title_short Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome due to falciparum malaria in two Indian children
title_sort opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome due to falciparum malaria in two indian children
topic Brief Communications
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5200992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27958213
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.195611
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