title: A danger of haloperidol therapy in children.
abstract: Attention is directed to the potential danger of therapy with haloperidol in children. Its value in reducing the excessive movements of Sydenham chorea must be weighed against the usual tendency of this disorder to remit spontaneously and the occasional tendency of the drug to cause castastropic adverse reaction
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002819:Chorea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D006220:Haloperidol