title: Chorea as a sign of systemic lupus erythematosus activity. Case report.
abstract: Chorea may occur as a neurological manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus and is often associated with detection of antiphospholipid antibodies. No evidence of chorea as a sign of lupus activity has been established. We describe a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus associated with antiphospholipid antibodies who developed chorea, which has been considered a sign of lupus activity.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), Brasil.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caramelli
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Marchiori
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scaff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / Q000097:blood; D002819:Chorea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid