Clinical Experience of Chorea
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Clinical and Neuroimaging Findings of Sydenham’s Chorea
OBJECTIVE Sydenham's chorea (SC) is thought to be an autoimmune disorder. MRI is generally used to exclude other causes of chorea. There are no typically defined MRI features of SC. In this study we aimed to determine clinical and neuroimaging findings of SC. METHODS In this study 17 patients with acute SC were retrospectively evaluated. Sydenham's chorea was diagnosed according to the 1992 r...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
سال: 1871
ISSN: 0002-9629
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-187107000-00056