Sydenham's chorea: a clinical follow-up of 65 patients.

Sydenham's chorea, the neurological manifestation of rheumatic fever, is the most common acquired chorea of childhood. In this retrospective study, the authors aim to present the clinical and laboratory findings of 65 Sydenham's chorea patients, followed up in a clinic over less than 7 years. The mean age at the onset of the symptoms was 11.

Echocardiographic measurements in infants of diabetic mothers and macrosomic infants of nondiabetic mothers.

Aim: To compare echocardiographic findings of infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs), macrosomic infants of nondiabetic mothers and healthy full term appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) infants.

Methods: Included in this study were 83 infants, admitted to our Neonatology Unit. Thirty-three IDMs, including both macrosomic and nonmacrosomic, comprised Group A, 25 macrosomic infants of nondiabetic mothers comprised group B, and 25 healthy full term AGA infants comprised group C.

Intracranial hemorrhage due to vitamin K deficiency after the newborn period.

This study presents clinical and laboratory findings and outcome of infants with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) due to vitamin K deficiency after the newborn period, and evaluates vitamin K prophylaxis. The hospital records of 19 infants with a diagnosis of ICH due to vitamin K deficiency after the newborn period, seen in our clinic in less than 4 years, were retrospectively evaluated. The mean age at onset of the symptoms was 49 +/- 18 days.

Cardiac troponin-I in the serum of infants of diabetic mothers.

A transient form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been previously described in infants of diabetic mothers. When it occurs, it is generally benign. The purpose of our study was to establish the extent of injury to the cardiomyocytes in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with and without hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.