Clinical and demographic features of 193 patients with rheumatic fever [PDF]
, 2006 OBJECTIVE: the aim of this study was to analyze the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with acute rheumatic fever (ARF), followed between 1995 and 2005.
Caldas, Álvaro Manuel +4 more
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Neurologic Findings in Sydenham's Chorea
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2007 The relationship between cardiac and neurologic findings and long-term prognosis of 40 patients with Sydenham chorea were investigated at Istanbul University, Turkey.
J Gordon Millichap
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Levodopa-responsive chorea: A review
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2020 Background: Chorea is one of the disabling movement disorders, and the number of drugs which can treat this disorder effectively is limited. Tetrabenazine and deutetrabenazine are the two drugs approved by the US-FDA for the treatment of chorea ...
Mark Farrenburg, Harsh V Gupta
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Movement Disorders Presenting in Childhood. [PDF]
, 2016 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This article provides an overview of movement disorders that present in childhood. Key clinical features are discussed, and a brief guide to management strategies is provided.
Dale, RC, Kurian, MA
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Brain SPECT imaging in Sydenham's chorea [PDF]
, 2002 The objective of the present study was to determine whether brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging is capable of detecting perfusional abnormalities.
Barbieri, A. +3 more
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Therapeutic decision making in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system in children. [PDF]
, 2016 Autoimmune and inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system can result in significant morbidity and mortality. Through the recognition of syndromes using diagnostic biomarkers, the clinician is now able to use immune suppressive therapies to ...
Dale, Rc, Lim, M., Nosadini, M
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Sydenham's chorea in a 16-year-old female from Bhutan: A case report. [PDF]
Clin Case RepKey Clinical Message Rheumatic heart disease is a preventable disease. Patients may not present with a typical history of sore throat and polyarthritis but may present with Sydenham's chorea. We should not rely completely on clinical findings to rule out carditis. Echocardiography should be done to rule out subclinical carditis.
Penjor T, Dorji T, Wangchuk S.
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Phenotypic insights into ADCY5-associated disease [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Adenylyl cyclase 5 (ADCY5) mutations is associated with heterogenous syndromes: familial dyskinesia and facial myokymia; paroxysmal chorea and dystonia; autosomal-dominant chorea and dystonia; and benign hereditary chorea. We provide detailed
Carss, KJ +24 more
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CASE REPORT: CHOREA SYDENHAM IN YOUNG ADULT FEMALE AS SYMPTOM OF RHEUMATIC FEVER [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Chorea Sydenham is an involuntary movement disorder due to an autoimmune process. But we must keep precaution that Sydenham chorea is part of rheumatic fever symptoms. Tthorough and complete examination is needed to create the right diagnose.
Sie, Juliana, Sumada, I Ketut
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Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment associated with parent management training (PMT) for the acute symptoms in a patient with PANDAS syndrome: a case report [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this report was to present the results of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy associated with parent management training (PMT) in a child with paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated ...
Duse, M. +3 more
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