Late recurrences of Sydenham's chorea are not associated with anti-basal ganglia antibodies

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1478-1479

  Harrison, N A ^b   Church, A ^a   Nisbet, A ^d   Rudge, P ^c   Giovannoni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION ANTIBODY; BRAIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; BASAL GANGLIA; CHILD; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644296380     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.030775     Document Type: Article

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