What RHEUMATIC ENCEPHALITIS - SYDENHAM CHOREA (SD) means: Rheumatic Encephalitis - Sydenham chorea (SD) is a neurological disorder of childhood resulting from infection via Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS), the bacterium that causes rheumatic fever. SD is characterized by rapid, irregular, and aimless involuntary movements of the arms and legs, trunk, and facial muscles. It affects girls more often than boys and typically occurs between 5 and 15 years of age.
- Definition Rett Syndrome:
- Dictionary childhood neuro-developmental disorder characterized by normal early development followed by loss of purposeful use of the hands, distinctive hand movements, slowed brain and head growth, gait rheumatic encephalitis - sydenham chorea (sd) definition.
- Definition Refsum Disease - Infantile - (IRD):
- Dictionary Infantile - (IRD) is one of a small group of genetic diseases called peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBD), which are part of a larger group of diseases called the leukodystrophies. These are rheumatic encephalitis - sydenham chorea (sd) explain.
- Definition Rasmussen'S Encephalitis:
- Dictionary Encephalitis - a rare, chronic inflammatory disease that usually affects only one hemisphere of the brain. It occurs in children under the age of 10 (and more rarely in adolescents and adults), and rheumatic encephalitis - sydenham chorea (sd) what is.
- Definition Reye'S Syndrome:
- Dictionary Syndrome - a potentially fatal disease that causes numerous detrimental effects to many organs, especially the brain and liver. It is associated with aspirin consumption by children with viral rheumatic encephalitis - sydenham chorea (sd) meaning.
