Oral contraceptive pills induced hemichorea in an adolescent female with polycystic ovarian disease

Chorea is a neurological adverse effect of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs). The onset of chorea following OCPs usage varies widely from few weeks to several years. We report a rare case of chorea which developed within a week of starting OCPs in an adolescent girl with polycystic ovarian disease.

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Autores principales: Sharmila, Vijayan, Babu, Thirunavukkarasu Arun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Drug Watch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878392
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.153440
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spelling pubmed-43861412015-04-15 Oral contraceptive pills induced hemichorea in an adolescent female with polycystic ovarian disease Sharmila, Vijayan Babu, Thirunavukkarasu Arun Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch Chorea is a neurological adverse effect of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs). The onset of chorea following OCPs usage varies widely from few weeks to several years. We report a rare case of chorea which developed within a week of starting OCPs in an adolescent girl with polycystic ovarian disease. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4386141/ /pubmed/25878392 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.153440 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Oral contraceptive pills induced hemichorea in an adolescent female with polycystic ovarian disease
title_full Oral contraceptive pills induced hemichorea in an adolescent female with polycystic ovarian disease
title_fullStr Oral contraceptive pills induced hemichorea in an adolescent female with polycystic ovarian disease
title_full_unstemmed Oral contraceptive pills induced hemichorea in an adolescent female with polycystic ovarian disease
title_short Oral contraceptive pills induced hemichorea in an adolescent female with polycystic ovarian disease
title_sort oral contraceptive pills induced hemichorea in an adolescent female with polycystic ovarian disease
topic Drug Watch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878392
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.153440
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