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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 98, No. 5

Article | March 01, 1942

RHEUMATIC EPILEPSY Sequel of Rheumatic Fever

WALTER L. BRUETSCH

Am J Psychiatry 1942;98:727-732.

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The Research Department, Central State Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind.

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The term "rheumatic epilepsy" has been suggested for patients who develop convulsions following rheumatic fever or chorea, and for epileptic persons with chronic rheumatic cardiovalvular disease. The fundamental process in the brain of these patients consists of a recurrent, obliterating rheumatic arteritis with secondary changes in the cortex.

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