Language Impairment in Adolescents with Sydenham Chorea

Authors

  • J. Gordon Millichap Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-11-6

Keywords:

Sydenham Chorea, Rheumatic Fever, Verbal Fluency

Abstract

Investigators from hospitals in Brazil tested verbal fluency in 20 adolescent patients, ages ranged from 11 to 16 years (mean 13.8 years), with Sydenham chorea compared with 20 patients with rheumatic fever without chorea and 20 healthy controls, matched for age and gender.

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Published

2015-12-17

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Section

Movement Disorders