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NEUROLOGY 2005;64:1799-1801
© 2005 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Obsessive compulsive behavior, hyperactivity, and attention deficit disorder in Sydenham chorea

Débora Palma Maia, MD, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Jr, MD, PhD, Mauro César Quintão Cunningham, MD and Francisco Cardoso, MD, PhD

From the Neurology Service, UFMG, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Francisco Cardoso, Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurology Service–UFMG Av Pasteur 89/1107, 30150–290 Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil; e-mail: cardosofe{at}terra.com.br

The authors investigated obsessive-compulsive behavior, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in 50 healthy subjects, 50 patients with rheumatic fever without chorea, and 56 patients with Sydenham chorea. Obsessive-compulsive behavior, OCD, and ADHD were more frequent in the Sydenham chorea group (19%, 23.2%, 30.4%) than in the healthy subjects (11%, 4%, 8%) and in the rheumatic fever without chorea group (14%, 6%, 8%). ADHD was more common in persistent Sydenham chorea.

Presented in part at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology; San Francisco, CA; 2004.

Received October 6, 2004. Accepted in final form February 11, 2005.






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