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A RARE CASE OF CHOREA GRAVIDARUM

HARILAKSHMI M MEGANATHANRAJAH

Abstract


A case of chorea gravidarum is being reported in view of its rarity of incidence. It is not an etiologically or pathologically distinct entity but a general term for chorea of any cause starting during pregnancy. First description was made by Horstius in 1661.

 


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BJOG- Volume 57,Issue 4,1950


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