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Chorea and polycythaemia

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Two patients with chorea and polycythaemia vera are described. The literature on this rare association is reviewed and its pathophysiology discussed.

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  1. Clinique des Maladies du Système Nerveux, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 47 bd de l'Hôpital, 75641, Paris Cedex 13, France

    J. L. Mas, P. Bouche, C. Derouesné & P. Castaigne

  2. Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, 1 rue Cabanis, 75674, Paris Cedex 14, France

    B. Gueguen

  3. Service d'Hématologie, Hôpital Cochin, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75674, Paris Cedex 14, France

    B. Varet

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Mas, J.L., Gueguen, B., Bouche, P. et al. Chorea and polycythaemia. J Neurol 232, 169–171 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313895

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