Browsing by Subject "Sydenham's chorea"

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    • Antibodies against neural, nuclear, cytoskeletal, and streptococcal epitopes in children and adults with Tourette's syndrome, Sydenham's chorea, and autoimmune disorders 

      Morshed, S. A.; Parveen, S.; Leckman, J. F.; Mercadante, M. T.; Kiss, MHB; Miguel, E. C.; Arman, A.; Yazgan, Y.; Fujii, T.; Paul, S.; Peterson, B. S.; Zhang, H. P.; King, R. A.; Scahill, L.; Lombroso, P. J. (Elsevier B.V., 2001-10-15)
      Background: Some cases of Tourette's syndrome (TS) are hypothesized to be caused by autoantibodies that develop in response to a preceding group A beta hemolytic streptococcal infection.Methods: To test this hypothesis, ...

    • 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 ...

    • Coréia: análise clínica de 119 casos 

      Mendes, Maria Fernanda [UNIFESP]; Andrade, Luiz Augusto Franco de [UNIFESP]; Ferraz, Henrique Ballalai [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 1996-09-01)
      Chorea is a clinical syndrome characterized by abnormal involuntary arrhythmic movements, randomly distributed in time, affecting mainly the distal parts of the limbs. There are many diseases associated with chorea but the ...

    • 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 ...