title: Diagnostic use of B-cell alloantigen D8/17 in rheumatic chorea.
abstract: Two unrelated patients with a family history of rheumatic fever had isolated, acquired chorea. Both index cases, as well as affected family members, had increased expression of the rheumatic B-cell alloantigen D8/17. This test may help differentiate Sydenham chorea from lupus chorea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Zabriskie
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Laxer
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002819:Chorea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007519:Isoantigens; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: C082034:B-cell alloantigen D8-17; D007519:Isoantigens