Sydenham chorea (SD) is a neurological disorder of childhood. It results from infection via Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS). Sydenham chorea is characterised by rapid, irregular and ...

Chorea can be caused in several other conditions as well such as Sydenham’s chorea (a complication of rheumatic fever), drugs (levodopa, anti-convulsants, and anti-psychotics), metabolic and endocrine ...

In a study on treatments and outcomes in patients with Sydenham chorea (SC), corticosteroids were associated with faster resolution, while antibiotics, corticosteroids, and sodium valproate were ...

An alternate, unitary explanation of these findings was suggested by a previous study from this hospital. 7 Data were presented showing that when chorea, rheumatic polyarthritis and carditis occur in ...

Group A streptococcal (GAS) infections and autoimmunity are associated with the onset of a spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders in children, with the prototypical disorder being Sydenham chorea (SC) ...

Autoantibodies to group A streptococcocal sugar moieties are now implicated in Sydenham chorea, a neuropsychiatric complication of rheumatic fever. These antibodies appear to disturb neuronal cell ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: My child has been diagnosed with Sydenham’s chorea. What are the symptoms and results of Sydenham’s chorea? _ H.M. Dear H.M.: Sydenham’s chorea is one of rheumatic fever’s signs, but ...

THIS report describes the clinical, laboratory and genetic investigations of a large Negro family, many of whose members exhibit choreiform movements of early onset and nonprogressive nature. As far ...

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