Acute and chronic corticosteroid treatment of ten patients with paralytic form of Sydenham's chorea

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 373-378

  Fusco, Carlo ^a   Ucchino, Valentina ^a   Frattini, Daniele ^a   Pisani, Francesco ^b   Giustina, Elvio Della ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chorea paralytica; Deflazacort; Methylprednisolone; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

DEFLAZACORT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MASTICATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGE OF ONSET; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; CHILD; CHOREA; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS; PREGNENEDIONES; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 84862000420     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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