Obesity after Chorea
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Obesity after Chorea.
The occurrence of obesity after various infectious diseases, such as typhoid fever, for example, has been noted by manv observers'. In most instances this is attributed to Jack of exercise, dietetic changes, or endocrine disorders consecutive to the acute disease and the convalescent period. When, however, obesity begins to develop abruptly after an acute disease involving the central nervous s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1932
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.7.42.303