Sydenham's chorea: not gone but perhaps forgotten
| Autor: | Nicholas M. Allen, Miranda Crealey, Niamh Mc Sweeney, Deirdre Peake, Karina Butler, Anthony Bouldin, Mary D. King, David Webb, Sandya Tirupathi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Sydenham's chorea Chorea medicine Humans Psychogenic disease Child Psychiatry Stroke Retrospective Studies business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Head injury medicine.disease Hypotonia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Rheumatic fever Female medicine.symptom business Ireland |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Disease in Childhood. 100:1160-1162 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2044 0003-9888 |
| Popis: | Sydenham's chorea (SC) is characterised by chorea, emotional lability and hypotonia. In this study, we investigated the incidence and clinical presentation of childhood SC in Ireland (years 2006–2014). Nineteen cases were diagnosed. Five patients had rheumatic fever. An increasing trend with an incidence of 0.23/100 000 is reported. As most referral diagnoses included psychogenic illness, head injury and stroke, modern physicians may not be aware of this age old illness. A review of the manifestations and diagnosis of SC is presented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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