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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
; 75(2): 327-8, 2004 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14742621
RESUMO
Use of oral contraceptives is a recognised but infrequent cause of chorea. This type of chorea has usually been considered a reactivation of Sydenham's chorea by an unknown mechanism. A patient developed a chorea triggered by the use of oral contraceptives with no definite evidence of previous Sydenham's chorea or recent streptoccocal infections. However, the patient had positive anti-basal ganglia antibodies, which supports an immunological basis for the pathophysiology of this chorea.