Treatment of Sydenham chorea with corticosteroids

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1374-1377

  Cardoso, Francisco ^a   Maia, Débora ^a   Cunningham, Mauro César Q S ^a   Valença, Guilherne ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti basal ganglia antibody; Chorea; Methylprednisolone; Prednisone; Rheumatic fever; Steroids; Sydenham chorea

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HALOPERIDOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PIMOZIDE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CHOREA MINOR; CUSHING SYNDROME; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSTONIA; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342304998     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10521     Document Type: Article

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