Chorea as the presenting clinical feature of primary antiphospholipid syndrome in childhood

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 96-98

  Kiechl Kohlendorfer, U ^a   Ellemunter, H ^b   Kiechl, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin antibodies; Antiphospholipid antibodies; Chorea; Lupus anticoagulant

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0033022118     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973468     Document Type: Article

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