Executive functioning in adult patients with Sydenham's chorea

Rogério Beato; Débora P. Maia; Antônio Lúcio Teixeira; Francisco Cardoso

doi:10.1002/mds.23154

Executive functioning in adult patients with Sydenham's chorea

Rogério Beato, Débora P. Maia, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Francisco Cardoso

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Abstract

Sydenham's chorea (SC) is characterized by a combination of motor and behavioral findings. Cognitive function has been scarcely studied in this condition. The aim of this study is to investigate executive functions in adult patients with SC. We performed neuropsychological tests to evaluate executive functions in controls and adult patients with persistent and in remission SC. Patients with SC have impairment in Tower of London task, reduced verbal fluency, and lower scores in the Stroop test. A subset of adult patients with SC present with executive dysfunction, even when chorea is in remission.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	853-857
Number of pages	5
Journal	Movement Disorders
Volume	25
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.23154
State	Published - May 15 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cognition
Executive function
Rheumatic fever
Streptococcus
Sydenham's chorea

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Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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