Sydenham's chorea in Western Pennsylvania

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Zomorrodi, Arezoo ^a   Wald, Ellen R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Chorea; Jones criteria; Streptococcal infection; Sydenham

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHOREA MINOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSGRAPHIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHOREA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 33646380856     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1573     Document Type: Article

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