PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Emily Petley
AU  - Manish Prasad
AU  - Shalini Ojha
AU  - William P Whitehouse
TI  - Investigating ataxia in childhood
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315893
DP  - 2020 Aug 01
TA  - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
PG  - 214--221
VI  - 105
IP  - 4
4099  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/105/4/214.short
4100  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/105/4/214.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2020 Aug 01; 105
AB  - Ataxia is a common presentation to an acute paediatric unit and it can often be difficult to determine the cause. It is important to distinguish between serious causes, for example, brain tumours and encephalitis, and more benign causes in order to guide investigations and treatment. In this review, we describe the different types of ataxia, the causes associated with them, the examination findings and what investigations to perform in order to make a diagnosis.