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Rheumatic Chorea

Known as: acute chorea, Rheumatic Choreas, Chorea, Sydenham 
WHAT: Chorea. Chorea (Sydenham's): a neurological disorder characterized by purposeless, rapid, involuntary movements, emotional lability, and… 
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2008
2008
No evidence of perfusion abnormalities in the basal ganglia of a patient with generalized chorea-ballism and polycythaemia vera: analysis using subtraction SPECT co-registered to MRI
Polycythaemia vera is a well-known cause of symptomatic chorea, however, the pathophysiology of this correlation remains unclear… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Dance Science Research and the Modern Dancer
While the literature abounds with studies examining classical dancers, considerably less has been published about modern dancers… 
1994
1994
SPECT and MRI findings in Sydenham's chorea.
A recent case report by Konagayal in this journal r findings in a subject wit chorea, with abnormalities ganglia noted on a scan… 
1992
1992
MRI in hemiballism due to Sydenham's chorea.
primitive frontal reflexes slowly disappeared and she remained apyrexial. CT scans at weekly intervals showed no re-accumulation… 
1988
1988
Ballet and Modern Dance
Introduction (new, by JR) * 1. A Most Obedient Servant * 2. The Rise of Professionalism * 3. The Development of the Ballet d… 
1986
1986
Deaths caused by restraint vests.
1984
1984
[An autopsy case of chorea-acanthocytosis. Special reference to the histopathological and biochemical findings of basal ganglia].
Chorea-acanthocytosis has been separated as a clinical entity different from Huntington's chorea, mainly based on the clinical… 
1965
1965
Involuntary movements following stereotactic operations for Parkinsonism with special reference to hemi-chorea (ballismus)
Whenoneexamines stained sections ofthethalamic areaofthebrain andsees themassoffibres andcells inthis areainterconnecting almost… 
1937
1937
EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX CASES
In a total of 303 cases the diagnosis of epidemic encephalitis was made at the Boston Psychopathic Hospital up to the end of 1934… 
1935
1935
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CHOREA AS A MANIFESTATION OF RHEUMATIC FEVER: A STUDY IN PROGNOSIS
The occurrence of uncontrolled and purposeless movements in childhood involving primarily the extremities but affecting in…