An alternate, unitary explanation of these findings was suggested by a previous study from this hospital. 7 Data were presented showing that when chorea, rheumatic polyarthritis and carditis occur in ...
Autoantibodies to group A streptococcocal sugar moieties are now implicated in Sydenham chorea, a neuropsychiatric complication of rheumatic fever. These antibodies appear to disturb neuronal cell ...
THIS report describes the clinical, laboratory and genetic investigations of a large Negro family, many of whose members exhibit choreiform movements of early onset and nonprogressive nature. As far ...