Treatment of Sydenham chorea with intravenous immunoglobulin

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-155

  Walker, Kathleen ^a   Brink, Anita ^a   Lawrenson, John ^b   Mathiassen, Wendy ^a   Wilmshurst, Jo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

clinical rating scale; immunomodulatory therapy; single photon emission computed tomography; Sydenham chorea

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPEECH DISORDER; WALKER, WILMSHURST, WENDY CLINICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857393058     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811414058     Document Type: Article

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