SYDENHAMS CHOREA

Authors
MARQUESDIAS MJ MERCADANTE MT TUCKER D LOMBROSO P
Citation
Mj. Marquesdias et al., SYDENHAMS CHOREA, The Psychiatric clinics of North America, 20(4), 1997, pp. 809
Citations number
72
Journal title
The Psychiatric clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
0193953X
Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0193-953X(1997)20:4<809:>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Sydenham's chorea (SC) is a disorder of the central nervous system (CN S) characterized by sudden, involuntary, arrhythmic, clonic, and purpo seless movements. SC appears to provide a model for understanding vari ous neuropsychiatric dysfunctions. Its relationship with attentional d eficits, obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) as well as movement disor ders provides support for the hypothesis of the involvement of the cor ticostriatal loops in the pathophysiology of the disorder.