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Severe Sydenham’s chorea (chorea paralytica) successfully treated with plasmapheresis

Sydenham’s chorea is often regarded as a relatively benign and self-limiting condition. Treatment is typically symptomatic, although occasionally immunomodulatory therapies are required in severe forms. Here we report a girl who was affected with the severe variant, chorea paralytica, who responded...

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Autores principales: Miranda, Marcelo, Walker, Ruth H, Saez, David, Renner, Victoria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26788338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40734-014-0012-1