Sydenham's chorea - Clinical characteristics of nine patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 483-484

  Davutoglu, Vedat ^a,b   Kilinc, Metin ^a   Dinckal, Hakan ^a   Soydinc, Serdar ^a   Sezen, Yusuf ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Daire No: 10 27310 Sahinbey ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Sodium valproate; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CARDITIS; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 4143108049     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.05.039     Document Type: Article

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