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Sydenham’s chorea is one of the major manifestations of acute rheumatic fever (ARF).
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Abraham, S., O’Gorman, M., Shulman, S.T. (1997). Anti-Nuclear Antibodies in Sydenham’s Chorea. In: Horaud, T., Bouvet, A., Leclercq, R., de Montclos, H., Sicard, M. (eds) Streptococci and the Host. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 418. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_37
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