Browsing by Subject "Rheumatic fever"

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    • Brain SPECT imaging in Sydenham's chorea 

      Barsottini, Orlando Graziani Povoas [UNIFESP]; Ferraz, H.b. [UNIFESP]; Sevillano, Marta Maite [UNIFESP]; Barbieri, A. [UNIFESP] (Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2002-04-01)
      The objective of the present study was to determine whether brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging is capable of detecting perfusional abnormalities. Ten Sydenham's chorea (SC) patients, eight ...

    • Déficits cognitivos sutis em adultos que apresentaram coréia de Sydenham durante a infância 

      Cavalcanti, André de Souza [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2009-05-27)
      Há evidências da presença de déficits cognitivos relacionados aos circuitos frontoestriatais dos núcleos da base em crianças acometidas por coréia de Sydenham (CS). Contudo, não se sabe se tais déficits são persistentes ...

    • Health related quality of life of children with rheumatic heart diseases: reliability of the Brazilian version of the pediatric quality of life inventory (TM) cardiac module scale 

      Moraes, Anabela do Nascimento; Terreri, Maria Teresa Ramos Ascensao [UNIFESP]; Hilario, Maria Odete Esteves [UNIFESP]; Len, Claudio Arnaldo [UNIFESP] (Biomed Central Ltd, 2013-11-15)
      Background: This study aimed to translate the 'Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (TM) (PedsQL (TM) 3.0) Cardiac Module' into Portuguese, adapt it to Brazilian culture, and assess its psychometric properties (validity and ...

    • Morbidade psiquiátrica em pacientes com coréia de Sydenham: um estudo descritivo 

      Zappitelli, Marcelo Cardoso [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2000)
      Introdução: A literatura tem demonstrado variada morbidade psiquiátrica em crianças e adolescentes com coréia de Sydenham, apontando para uma maior freqüência tanto de transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo e tiques como de ...

    • Sydenham's chorea: clinical and evolutive characteristics 

      Terreri, Maria Teresa Ramos Ascensão [UNIFESP]; Roja, Suzana Campos [UNIFESP]; Len, Claudio Arnaldo [UNIFESP]; Faustino, Patricia Corte [UNIFESP]; Roberto, Adriana Madureira [UNIFESP]; Hilário, Maria Odete Esteves [UNIFESP] (Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 2002-01-03)
      CONTEXT: During the last 12 years we have observed an increase in the frequency of Sydenham's chorea in our country. We have observed that some of our patients have presented recurrence of the chorea despite regular treatment ...

    • What is the True Frequency of Carditis in Acute Rheumatic Fever? A Prospective Clinical and Doppler Blind Study of 56 Children with up to 60 Months of Follow-Up Evaluation 

      Caldas, Alvaro Manuel [UNIFESP]; Ramos Ascensao Terreri, Maria Teresa [UNIFESP]; Moises, Valdir Ambrosio [UNIFESP]; Camelo Silva, Celia Maria [UNIFESP]; Len, Claudio Arnaldo [UNIFESP]; Carvalho, Antonio Carlos [UNIFESP]; Esteves Hilario, Maria Odete [UNIFESP] (Springer, 2008-11-01)
      Background This study aimed to evaluate prospectively clinical and echocardiographic findings of patients who had rheumatic fever with and without clinical features of cardiac involvement. Methods for this study, 56 ...