title: Obsessive compulsive behavior, hyperactivity, and attention deficit disorder in Sydenham chorea.
abstract: The authors investigated obsessive-compulsive behavior, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in 50 healthy subjects, 50 patients with rheumatic fever without chorea, and 56 patients with Sydenham chorea. Obsessive-compulsive behavior, OCD, and ADHD were more frequent in the Sydenham chorea group (19%, 23.2%, 30.4%) than in the healthy subjects (11%, 4%, 8%) and in the rheumatic fever without chorea group (14%, 6%, 8%). ADHD was more common in persistent Sydenham chorea.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Service, UFMG, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Débora Palma
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Maia
authors.forename: Antônio Lúcio
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Mauro César
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Quintão Cunningham
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cardoso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002819:Chorea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology