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A COMPARATIVE STUDY

JOHN A. MONFORT, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1934;47(6):1269-1278.

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In order to clarify, if possible, the present status of the treatment of chorea, I made a comparative study of forty-seven patients, some of whom were treated with phenylethyl-hydantoin and some with typhoidparatyphoid vaccine.

During recent years it has been noted that chorea showed improvement when treated with phenylethyl-hydantoin and typhoid vaccine. The reports of treatment with phenylethyl-hydantoin have been encouraging, with few exceptions. Chorea has improved to such an extent with this drug that it is regarded as the treatment of choice. However, there are certain limitations and dangers in this form of treatment which I shall consider in this article.

In 1931, Dr. Lucy Porter Sutton¹ used typhoid-paratyphoid vaccine to treat chorea. At that time the end-results were regarded as better than those obtained when phenylethyl-hydantoin was used. The duration of the illness was shortened considerably, and the outlook for cure was regarded as encouraging.

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Author Affiliations
BROOKLYN

From the department of pediatrics of the Cumberland Hospital.

Footnotes
Dr. Thurman B. Givan, director of the pediatric division, and Dr. A. Cheron, resident pediatrician, rendered assistance in this work.

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