Clinical Diagnosis of Sydenham’s Chorea in Area Endemic for Acute Rheumatic Fever

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-20-4-3

Keywords:

Sydenham’s Chorea, Acute Rheumatic Fever, Streptococcus Pyogenes

Abstract

A retrospective chart review to determine the causes of childhood chorea was conducted in the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Disease at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA.

Published

2006-04-01

Issue

Section

Infectious/Autoimmune Disorders