Progressive MRI abnormalities in late recurrence of Sydenham's chorea

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1341-1344

  Moreau, C ^a   Devos, D ^a   Delmaire, C ^b   Gervais, C ^a   Defebvre, L ^a   Destee A ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Immune disorders; Magnetic resonance imaging; Oral contraceptive; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGITIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STRESS; TONSILLITIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE; SKIN DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 28144457007     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0863-3     Document Type: Article

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