Oral contraceptive induced chorea: Another condition associated with anti-basal ganglia antibodies

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Use of oral contraceptives is a recognised but infrequent cause of chorea. This type of chorea has usually been considered a reactivation of Sydenham's chorea by an unknown mechanism. A patient developed a chorea triggered by the use of oral contraceptives with no definite evidence of previous Sydenham's chorea or recent streptoccocal infections. However, the patient had positive anti-basal ganglia antibodies, which supports an immunological basis for the pathophysiology of this chorea.

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Miranda, M., Cardoso, F., Giovannoni, G., & Church, A. (2004). Oral contraceptive induced chorea: Another condition associated with anti-basal ganglia antibodies. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 75(2), 327–328. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2003.019851

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