Treatment of Sydenham chorea with cortic
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Francisco Cardoso; Débora Maia; Mauro César Q.S. Cunningham; Guilherme Valença
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Despite treatment with valproic acid and neuroleptics, a significant proportion of patients with Sydenham chorea (SC) remain with chorea. We evaluated the effect of intravenous methyl‐prednisolone followed by oral prednisone in patients with SC refractory to conventional treatment. Pati