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Table 1 Pediatric cases of acute cerebellar ataxia described in recent literature

From: Early acute cerebellar ataxia after meningococcal B vaccine: a case report of a 7-month-old infant and a review of the literature

 

Number of patients

Males (%)

Females (%)

Age range (years)

Median age (years)

Mean age (years)

Patients < 1 year included (yes/no)

Minimum n. of patients < 1 y (available datab)

Maximum n. of patients < 1 y (available datab)

Number of patients < 1 year

Total

1663

908 (54.6%)

755 (45.4%)

0 to 24

 

4.2a

 

5/1663 (0.3%)

41/1663 (2.4%)

5 to 41 out of 1663 (0.3 to 2.4%)

Connolly AM et al. 1994 [9]

73

41 (56.2%)

32 (43.8%)

1 to 21

N.A.a

5.37

No

/

/

/

Evald L. et al. 2020I [26}

3

2 (66.6%)

1 (33.4%)

3 to 15

4.3

4.6

No

/

/

/

García-Iñiguez et al. 2019 [27]

9

5 (55.5%)

4 (44.5%)

3 to 12

6.5

7.6

No

/

/

/

Garone G. et al. 2019 [6]

509

273 (53.6%)

236 (46.4%)

1 to 18

4.4

5.8

No

/

/

/

Gieron-Korthals et al. 1994 [28}

40

14 (35%)

26 (65%)

0 to 18

N.A

6.6

Yes

1

24

Not specified

Harai T. et al. 2010I [29]

1

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

7

7

7

No

/

/

/

Hata A. et al. 2008 [30]

2

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

1.3

1.3

1.3

No

/

/

/

Hennes E. et al. 2012 [31]

11

6 (54.5%)

5 (45.5%)

3 to 14

6.7

6.9

No

/

/

/

Kirik S. et al. 2021 [5]

39

21 (53.8%)

18 (46.2%)

1.5 to 16

N.A

6.2

No

/

/

/

Kornreich L. et al. 2016 [32]

9

5 (55.5%)

4 (44.5%)

3 to 13

5.8

6.8

No

/

/

/

Lancella L. et al. 2017 [33]

124

74 (59.7%)

50 (40.3%)

1 to 18

N.A

5.3

No

/

/

/

Luetje M. et al. 2019 [34]

141

79 (56%)

62 (44%)

15 months to 18 years

N.A

5.3

No

/

/

/

Martínez-G M. et al. 2006 [35]

39

23 (59%)

16 (41%)

1.5 to 5

N.A

4.3

No

/

/

/

Muthusamy K. et al. 2019 [36]

22

10 (45.4%)

12 (54.6%)

10 months to 3.1 years

N.A

1.75

Yes

1

14

Not specified

Nussinovitch M. et al. 2003 [37]

39

21 (53.8%)

18 (46.2%)

1 to 24

N.A

4.8

No

/

/

/

Rudloe T. et al. 2015 [38]

364

196 (53.8%)

168 (46.2%)

1.7 to 5.5

2.8

N.A

No

/

/

/

Segal E. et al. 2019 [39]

58

35 (60.3%)

23 (39.7%)

1 to 14

N.A

4.9

No

/

/

/

Thakkar K. et al. 2016 [7]

120

66 (55%)

54 (45%)

6 months to 18 years

N.A

4.5

Yes

3

3

3

Van der Maas et al. 2009 [14]

45

25 (55.5%)

20 (44.5%)

1.4 to 12.9

2.8

3.7

No

/

/

/

Yildirim M. et al. 2020 [15]

15

10 (66.6%)

5 (33.4%)

3 to 15

9.5

9.1

No

/

/

/

  1. aAccording to available data; N.A. not available
  2. bA possible range of patients < 1 year of age has been defined following the available data