Sydenham's chorea: Report of a case treated with carbamazepine with excellent clinical response;Corea de Sydenham: Presentación de un caso tratado con carbamazepina con excelente respuesta clínica

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-83

  Garcia Gonzalez Ma M ^a   Mayol Canals, L ^a   Villalohos Arevalo P ^a   Vazquez Ruiz M ^a   Cabacas Garcia A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE FIGUERES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Rheumatic fever; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; SULFADIAZINE;

ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHOREA MINOR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRESCRIPTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33847785655     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13097365     Document Type: Article

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