Neurologic and Cardiac Findings in Children With Sydenham Chorea

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-164

  Kiliç, Ayşe ^a   Ünüvar, Emin ^b   Tatli, Burak ^b   Gökçe, Müge ^b   Ömeroǧlu, Rukiye Eker ^b   Oǧuz, Fatma ^a   Sidal, Müjgan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HALOPERIDOL; PENICILLIN G; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847629327     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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