Chorea minor (English)

Japanese: chorea minor（英語表記）choreaminor

…He described gout, chorea, pneumonia, and other conditions, and his major work, Observationes medicinae (1676), is well known. He described in detail chorea minor, which is usually associated with rheumatic diseases and occurs mainly in children, and so this disease is specifically called "Sydenham's chorea." [Furukawa Akira] …

From "Dancing Mania"

...Sydenham's chorea and Huntington's chorea are the most common, but there are several other diseases that present with chorea-like involuntary movements as a symptom, and the word chorea is not only used as a disease name but is also sometimes used to refer to such symptoms.
[Sydenham's chorea]
It was first described in 1684 by the English physician T. Sydenham and is also known as chorea minor. It is often associated with rheumatic fever caused by streptococcal infection, but with the widespread use of antibiotics, it has become extremely rare in recent years.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "chorea minor" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…痛風，舞踏病，肺炎などの記述があり，主著《医学観察Observationes medicinae》(1676)が名高い。通常リウマチ性疾患に関連して，主として小児におこる小舞踏病chorea minorを詳しく記載したことから，この病気はとくに〈シデナム舞踏病〉とよばれる。【古川明】。…

【舞踏病】より

…シデナム舞踏病，ハンティントン舞踏病が代表的であるが，そのほかにも症候として舞踏病様不随意運動を呈する疾患がいくつかあり，舞踏病という言葉は病名として用いられるばかりでなく，このように症候を示す場合にも使われることがある。
［シデナム舞踏病Sydenham’s chorea］
　イギリスの医師T.シデナムにより1684年初めて記載されたもので，小舞踏病chorea minorともいわれる。溶連菌感染によるリウマチ熱に伴うものが多いが，抗生物質の普及とともに近年は非常にまれになってきている。…

※「chorea minor」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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