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Recurrent Chorea Gravidarum in Four Pregnancies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Quais Ghanem
Quais Ghanem*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sana’a, Yemen Arab
*
Q. Ghanem, P.O. Box 11394, Sana’a. Yemen Arab Republic
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An Arab woman developed recurrent chorea gravidarum in all four pregnancies that went to term, and none in the three pregnancies that ended in spontaneous abortion. She also developed an acute psychosis in one of these four pregnancies. A discussion of similar cases in the literature is undertaken.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , May 1985 , pp. 136 - 138
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1985

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