Familial antiphospholipid antibody in a child with involuntary movement and deterioration

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-241

  Usugi, Tomoko ^a,b   Nakano, Kazutoshi ^a   Nakayama, Tomohiro ^a   Ishii, Kayano ^a   Osawa, Makiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b 203 Surplus Mutsumi ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; Basal ganglia; Child; Chorea; Deterioration; Family history

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CHILD; CHOREA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 34147094798     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02346.x     Document Type: Article

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