Chorea in the antiphospholipid syndrome: Clinical, radiologic, and immunologic characteristics of 50 patients from our clinics and the recent literature

Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-212

  Cervera, Ricard ^a   Asherson, Ronald A ^c   Font, Josep ^a   Tikly, Mohammed ^d   Pallarés, Lucio ^b   Chamorro, Angel ^a   Ingelmo, Miguel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN; HALOPERIDOL; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; SERENIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BRAIN; CHILD; CHOREA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0030957335     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-199705000-00006     Document Type: Article

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