Sydenham's chorea is associated with decreased verbal fluency

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-167

  Cunningham, Mauro César Quintão Silva ^a   Maia, Débora Palma ^a   Teixeira Jr , Antonio Lúcio ^a,b   Cardoso, Francisco ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibasal gangila antibodies; Chorea; Fronto striatal circuits; Sydenham's chorea; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PHONEME; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; BASAL GANGLIA; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEMANTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 33646000275     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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