Sydenham's chorea

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-235

  Cardoso, Francisco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HALOPERIDOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BED REST; CHOREA MINOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MOON FACE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PLASMAPHERESIS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 56349146120     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-008-0025-x     Document Type: Review

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