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Sydenham's Chorea: An entry from Gale's <i>Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd...
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Sydenham's Chorea: An entry from Gale's <i>Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd...
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by J., MD Polsdorfer and Rebecca, PhD Frey
Sales Rank: 6670559 Paid
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$5.90
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on 11-20-2011.
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Digital: 4 pages
Publisher: Gale 2006
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Sydenham's chorea is an acute but self-limited movement disorder that occurs most commonly in children between the ages of 5 and 15, and occasionally in pregnant women. It is closely associated with rheumatic fever following a throat infection. The disorder is named for Thomas Sydenham (1624–1689), an English doctor who first described it in 1686. Other names for Sydenham's chorea include simple chorea, chorea minor, acute chorea, rheumatic chorea, juvenile chorea, and St. Vitus' dance. The English word "chorea" itself comes from the Greek word choreia, which means "dance.
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Sydenham's Chorea: An entry from Gale's <i>Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd...
Available from Amazon
Price: $5.90
Updated on 11-20-2011.
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