Sydenham's chorea in childhood;Choree de Sydenham chez l'enfant

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1048-1052

  Ghram, N ^a   Allani, C ^a   Oudali, B ^a   Fitouri, Z ^a   Becher, S Ben ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Child; Chorea; Haloperidol; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; HALOPERIDOL; STEROID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; AGE; CHOREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; CHILD; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HALOPERIDOL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SEX FACTORS; TUNISIA;

EID: 0033210319     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(00)86977-8     Document Type: Article

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