Persistent Sydenham’s chorea is not associated with sustained lymphocyte dysfunction

The mechanisms involved in the symptoms of Sydenham’s chorea (SC) remain obscure. Taking into account the autoreactive antibody-mediated hypothesis of SC pathogenesis, the persistence of chorea may be associated with increased levels of B1 lymphocytes and other lymphocyte subsets. We evaluated lymph...

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Main Authors: Karen Cecília de Lima Torres, Natália Pessoa Rocha, Vítor Bortolo de Rezende, Walderez Ornelas Dutra, Kenneth John Gollob, Francisco Cardoso, Antonio Lucio Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2015-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2015005050179&lng=en&tlng=en
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