Sydenham's chorea: Clinical observations from a Brazilian movement disorder clinic

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 276-283

  Tumas, Vitor ^a   Caldas, Carla Tanuri ^a   Santos, Antonio Carlos ^a   Nobre, Auro ^a   Fernandes, Regina Maria França ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical aspects; Rheumatic chorea; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHOREA; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34347207172     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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