Chorea.

Roll B - Chorea. The following contents list and description is taken from the Institute of Neurology cinefilm catalogue. "Huntington's chorea: Facial expression, choreiform movements, and gait in a number of patients with mild, moderate and severe Huntington's chorea are well illustrated (10 min.) / Huntington's chorea: Various features of this distressing condition including the abnormal movements are illustrated by sequences from a number of patients (6 min.) / Sydenham's chorea: This boy suffered anoxic brain damage at birth leaving him mildly retarded mentally and slightly clumsy. At the age of 21 years he developed severe Sydenham's chorea which is well illustrated in the first part of the film. Two months later he had made a remarkable improvement (5 min.) / Chorea in polycythaemia: The patient had rheumatic chorea at the age of 18 years but recovered. At the age of 57 she developed chorea and was found to have a haemoglobin of 22 grams. Chorea improved as the Hb was lowered, recurred as it rose again and improved again as the Hb was reduced. Sequences from each of these stages are shown (3 min.) / Huntington's chorea: A variety of features from six patients with the disease selected by Dr. Michael Trimble (4.5 min.) / Juvenile Huntington's chorea: A film of a girl of 17 years from a family with Huntington's chorea. She had early dementia and showed more rigidity than chorea (2.5min.)"