Treatment of acute Sydenham's chorea with methyl-prednisolone pulse-therapy

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 327-330

  Teixeira Jr , Antônio L ^a   Maia, Débora P ^a   Cardoso, Francisco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chorea; Corticosteroid; Methyl prednisolone; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MOON FACE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 22144440184     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2005.02.007     Document Type: Article

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