Chorea as the presenting feature of acute rheumatic fever in childhood; case reports from a low-prevalence European setting

BACKGROUND: Despite a notable decrease in acute rheumatic fever (ARF) incidence in the past few decades, there are still cases in our setting. Sydenham chorea (SC) may be the initial manifestation for this condition in childhood in a significant proportion of children. We report two cases of choreoa...

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Autores principales: Illán Ramos, Marta, Sagastizabal Cardelús, Belén, García Ron, Adrián, Guillén Martín, Sara, Berzosa Sánchez, Arantxa, Ramos Amador, José Tomás
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8025313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33827439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06005-x

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