BACKGROUND: Neuropsychiatric comorbidities are frequent in @entity4790 . However, @entity73 in @entity4790 has not been sufficiently described. The objective of this study was to evaluate expressive and receptive language deficits in adolescents with @entity4790 . METHODS: Twenty @entity1 with @entity4790 were compared with 20 @entity1 with @entity4789 without @entity4790 and 20 healthy controls. @entity1 were matched for age and gender. @entity1 were assessed with verbal fluency tasks (phonemic and semantic) and with verbal comprehension tasks (Token Test). @entity1 with @entity4790 were also assessed with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Sydenham Chorea Rating Scale. RESULTS: Performance in verbal fluency and in verbal comprehension tasks differed significantly (P  <  0.01) among the three groups. @entity1 with @entity4790 performed significantly worse than healthy control group in phonemic and semantic verbal fluency tasks as well as in the Token Test. The group with @entity4789 also performed worse than healthy controls in phonemic verbal fluency. Severity of motor signs in @entity4790 inversely correlated with performance in phonemic verbal fluency (words beginning with letter S, and total sum of words beginning with letters F, A, and S). CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents with @entity4790 show @entity8408 . @entity1 with @entity4789 also have some degree of @entity73 . Future studies must investigate @entity73 in difference stages of @entity4790 (acute, persistent, and remission) and putative biological markers.

XXXX in Adolescents With Sydenham Chorea.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'Participants'] @entity4789 :: ('MESH:D012213', 'Disease') :: ['rheumatic fever'] @entity4790 :: ('MESH:D002819', 'Disease') :: ['chorea', 'Sydenham chorea'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['cognitive impairment', 'language impairment'] @entity8408 :: ('MESH:D013064', 'Disease') :: ['difficulties in verbal fluency and in verbal comprehension']
@entity73 :: (MESH:D003072,Disease) :: ['Language Impairment']
