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Note: One of the first things the US government did after Japan surrendered is that they instituted mass vaccine programs to slowly neurologically disable the population. They've still been paying the price...
Title
[Acute cerebellar ataxia and facial palsy after DPT immunization]
AuthorKatafuchi Y; Aida K; Shiotsuki Y; Yamashita Y; Horikawa M; Andou H
Source
No To Hattatsu,
21:
5, 1989 Sep,
465-9
AbstractSince the initial report of Beyers & Moll (1948), numerous cases of seizures and encephalopathy after
pertussis immunization or DPT immunization have been reported. However, acute cerebellar ataxia and/or
facial palsy after DPT immunization is unusual, although there have been several reports from Japan.
We report a 1-year-11-month-old girl with acute cerebellar ataxia and facial palsy after DPT immunization.
On admission, she was alert. She was active and had a 6-day history of an ataxic gait and asymmetric
facial movement which had begun 5 hours after DPT immunization. Neurological examination revealed an
ataxic gait, horizontal nystagmus and right facial palsy. A CT scan showed low density on the right side
of the pons with marked contrast enhancement. A MRI scan indicated the involvement of not only the right
side of the pons, but also of the bilateral cerebellar peduncles. The child did well subsequently and
was neurologically normal 20 days after the initial symptoms. To our knowledge, the present case is probably
the first reported one of acute cerebellar ataxia after DPT immunization with CT and/or MRI correlation.