- A form of chorea that mainly affects children and adolescents, especially females.
- It can occur some months after an infection caused by b-haemolytic streptococci (such as rheumatic fever or scarlet fever), causing uncontrolled movements of the shoulders, hips and face ( hence the archaic name, st vitus dance)
- Formerly a frightening disease, it is now readily cured by antibiootics.
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