Chorea as the only presenting clinical feature of rheumatic fever: a case report

Introduction and importanceSydenham's chorea (SC), a major neurological manifestation of acute rheumatic fever (ARF), is commonly seen in young children and adolescents. It is characterized by rapid, unpredictable, involuntary, and nonpatterned contractions affecting mostly distal limbs. It can...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) 2024, Vol.86 (4), p.2162-2166
Hauptverfasser: Thapa, Santosh, Raut, Ujwal, Shrestha, Garima, Shah, Sandesh, Helmu, Mangal Bahadur
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Sprache:eng
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