Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Prospective. SETTING: Medical college and hospital. SUBJECTS: Sixty cases with Sydenham's chorea, between 1988 and 1994, were studied. Of these 36 were girls; the mean age at presentation was 11.1 yr (range 7-16 yr). RESULTS: Female predominance was apparent only after 9 years of age. There was a high familial incidence for both chorea and rheumatic fever. Generalized chorea was seen in 40 and hemichorea in 20 patients. The chorea lasted from 5 to 40 days; 13 patients had recurrent episodes. Gait disturbances, dysarthria and weakness were common. Six patients had co-existing heart disease, 4 had arthritis and one had subcutaneous nodules. A raised ESR and positive ASO titer were seen in 37 and 20 patients respectively. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | M L Kulkarni, S Anees |
Journal | Indian pediatrics
(Indian Pediatr)
Vol. 33
Issue 2
Pg. 112-5
(Feb 1996)
ISSN: 0019-6061 [Print] India |
PMID | 8772928
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Age Distribution
- Child
- Chorea
(drug therapy, epidemiology, etiology)
- Developing Countries
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Female
- Humans
- Incidence
- India
(epidemiology)
- Male
- Prognosis
- Prospective Studies
- Rheumatic Fever
(complications)
- Sex Distribution
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