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ArticleMetabolic brain disease2016

Neuropsychological manifestations in children with Sydenham's chorea after adjunct intravenous immunoglobulin and standard treatment.

Claire Gregorowski, Christine Lochner, Lindi Martin, Candice Simmons, Martin Kidd, Kathleen Walker, Jo M Wilmshurst, Soraya Seedat

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Article in Metabolic brain disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Pooled it
  3. Therapeutic aspects of Sydenham's Chorea: an update.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2022
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  6. Treatment of Sydenham's Chorea: A Review of the Current Evidence.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Claire GregorowskiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, P.O. Box 19063, Tygerberg, 7505, South Africa.
Christine LochnerUS/UCT MRC Unit on Anxiety & Stress Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa.
Lindi MartinDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, P.O. Box 19063, Tygerberg, 7505, South Africa.
Candice SimmonsDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, P.O. Box 19063, Tygerberg, 7505, South Africa. csimmons@sun.ac.za.
Martin KiddCentre for Statistical Consultation, Department of Statistics & Actuarial science, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa.
Kathleen WalkerDepartment of Paediatric Neurology, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Jo M WilmshurstDepartment of Paediatric Neurology, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Soraya SeedatDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, P.O. Box 19063, Tygerberg, 7505, South Africa.
Stellenbosch University · ZARed Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This was an exploratory study comparing neuropsychological manifestations of Sydenham's chorea (SC), 6 months after initiation of treatment, in children who had received intravenous immunoglobulins as an adjunct to standard treatment, with those who had received standard treatment. We included a non-SC control group for comparison. We hypothesized that compared to controls, children with SC who had received prior intravenous immunoglobulins would demonstrate less pronounced impairments compared to those who had received standard care. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 17 children with -SC who had received treatment 6 months previously (9 treated with standard of care and 8 augmented with intravenous immunoglobulins) and 17 non-SC, medically well controls. The standard treatment group (n = 9) exhibited significant behavioral difficulties, including significantly poorer co-operation (p = 0.009) compared with the other augmented immunoglobulins and non-SC control groups, and increased impulsivity (p = 0.016) compared with non-SC controls. The standard treatment group scored significantly lower than the other two groups on a measure of executive functioning (p = 0.03). Children with SC may be more at risk for neuropsychological difficulties than non-SC, medically well children. Intravenous immunoglobulins may mitigate some of these impairments.

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AdolescentAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntipsychotic AgentsChildChild Behavior DisordersChild, PreschoolChoreaCooperative BehaviorCross-Sectional StudiesExecutive FunctionFemaleHaloperidolHumansImmunoglobulins, IntravenousImpulsive BehaviorMaleAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntipsychotic AgentsHaloperidolImmunoglobulins, IntravenousPenicillinsIntravenous immunoglobulinsNeuropsychiatricNeuropsychologicalSydenham’s choreaTreatment

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