Successful treatment of Sydenham chorea with olanzapine

Journal of Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-174

  Sethi, Sujata ^a,b   Setiya, Rajat ^a   Lallar, Kuldeep ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Olanzapine; Sodium valproate; Sydenham chorea

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CERULOPLASMIN; OLANZAPINE; STREPTOLYSIN O; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CARDITIS; CHOREA; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OPEN STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMISSION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33845546999     PISSN: 13042580     EISSN: 18759041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557322     Document Type: Article

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