A 10-year-old girl with a fluctuating level of consciousness, ataxia and slurred speech.

Paediatr Child Health

Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Medicine and the Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

Published: June 2017

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