Artigo
Sydenham's chorea
Fecha
1997-12-01Registro en:
Psychiatric Clinics of North America. Philadelphia: W B Saunders Co, v. 20, n. 4, p. 809-+, 1997.
0193-953X
10.1016/S0193-953X(05)70346-4
WOS:000071176800008
Autor
Marques-Dias, M. J.
Mercadante, M. T.
Tucker, D.
Lombroso, P.
Institución
Resumen
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.