BACKGROUND: Sydenham's chorea (SC) occurs in 26% of patients with rheumatic fever (RF). Despite usually being described as a self-limited condition, few reports indicate that SC may persist in rare subjects. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the proportion of subjects with SC lasting more than 2 years and
Psychosis following acute Sydenham’s chorea
✍ Scribed by Antônio Lúcio Teixeira; Débora Palma Maia; Francisco Cardoso
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1018-8827
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