The New England Journal of Medicine

Relation of Isolated Recurrences of Sydenham's Chorea to Preceding Streptococcal Infections

An alternate, unitary explanation of these findings was suggested by a previous study from this hospital. 7 Data were presented showing that when chorea, rheumatic polyarthritis and carditis occur in ...
Medscape

'Abnormal Movements' in a 12-Year-Old Boy

Symptoms of ARF tend to present themselves 1-3 weeks after infection. A high index of suspicion for ARF must be maintained, especially because a single diagnostic tool does not exist. Thomas D. Jones ...
Nature

1424 Frequencies and Main Characteristics of Chorea Minor at the Juveniles Kepuska, Kelmendi, Hasan I, Qosaj, Ramosaj, Keka A. Batalli

Chorea minor is the delayed symptom of the rheumatic fever which is presented as consequence of the damages of the basal ganglions with beta hemolytic streptococcus. Clinically it is characterized ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

The Effect of Sulfanilamide on Rheumatic Fever and Chorea

Benedict F. Massell, M.D. Assistant in medicine, Harvard Medical School; assistant visiting physician, House of the Good Samaritan. T. Duckett Jones, M.D. Instructor in medicine, Harvard Medical ...
Healio

From the throat to the heart: Charting the long history of rheumatic fever

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . It took more than 100 years and the work of dozens of dedicated clinicians and researchers to grasp the true ...