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Children With Sydenham Chorea and Psychiatric Disorders Had Variable Long-Term Outcomes and Required Multidisciplinary Management. [PDF]
Acta PaediatrABSTRACT Aim Sydenham chorea (SC) is a globally significant, post‐streptococcal, childhood neuropsychiatric condition that is rare in western Europe. This retrospective single‐centre study focused on children with neuropsychiatric features of SC. Methods Participants were recruited from neuropsychiatry referrals to a regional paediatric neurology ...
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Clinical Medicine, 2009 Two weeks after starting the oral contraceptive pill, a 16-year-old girl developed increasingly violent chorea and an evolving psychosis with prominent hallucinations, ideas of reference, and paranoia. An erythematous skin rash subsequently developed and Sydenham's chorea (SC) was diagnosed. Following neuroleptic medication and steroids, her chorea and
Hu, M +4 more
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The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1893 n ...
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The differential diagnosis of chorea [PDF]
, 2007 Chorea is a hyperkinetic movement disorder characterised by excessive spontaneous movements that are irregularly timed, randomly distributed and abrupt. In this article, the authors discuss the causes of chorea, particularly Huntington's disease and the ...
Tabrizi, SJ, Wild, EJ
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Clinical and genetic analysis of 29 Brazilian patients with Huntington’s disease-like phenotype [PDF]
, 2011 Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by chorea, behavioral disturbances and dementia, caused by a pathological expansion of the CAG trinucleotide in the HTT gene. Several patients have been recognized with the typical
Adrian Danek +38 more
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HLA class II associations with rheumatic heart disease among clinically homogeneous patients in children in Latvia [PDF]
, 2003 Genetic control of immune reactions has a major role in the development of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and differs between patients with rheumatic fever (RF).
Eglite, Jelena +5 more
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Anticonvulsants-induced chorea: a role for pharmacodynamic drug interaction? [PDF]
, 2001 Chorea is a rare side effect of anticonvulsants. We describe three patients who developed chorea secondary to anticonvulsant combination use. A mechanism to explain this finding is proposed.After identification of an index case with anticonvulsant ...
Beach, Robert L +3 more
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Progression of motor subtypes in Huntington’s disease. a 6-year follow-up study [PDF]
, 2016 The objective of this study is to investigate the progression of predominantly choreatic and hypokinetic-rigid signs in Huntington's disease (HD) and their relationship with cognitive and general functioning over time.
Bentivoglio, A. R. +12 more
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