On Paralytic Chorea
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A Wassermann-Positive Case of Paralytic Chorea
Case report B., 10 years, Hindu male child, was admitted into the children's ward with the complaints of loss of power in the right upper and lower extremities, duration 10 days. For one month he had been getting repeated attacks of epistaxis without any definite cause. Fifteen days before admission he developed fever lasting for 4 days. After the cessation of the fever, choreic movements appea...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1881
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.1060.636