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Review
. 1997 Dec;20(4):809-20.
doi: 10.1016/s0193-953x(05)70346-4.

Sydenham's chorea

M J Marques-Dias  1 , M T Mercadante, D Tucker, P Lombroso
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Review

Sydenham's chorea

M J Marques-Dias et al. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1997 Dec.

Abstract

Sydenham's chorea (SC) is a disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by sudden, involuntary, arrhythmic, clonic, and purposeless movements. SC appears to provide a model for understanding various neuropsychiatric dysfunctions. Its relationship with attentional deficits, obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) as well as movement disorders provides support for the hypothesis of the involvement of the corticostriatal loops in the pathophysiology of the disorder.

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