Obsessive compulsive behavior, hyperactivity, and attention deficit disorder in Sydenham chorea.

Maia DP, Teixeira AL Jr, Quintao Cunningham MC, Cardoso F.

Neurology Service, UFMG, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.

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.

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