Sydenham's chorea and psychosis.
The medical histories of 600 psychotic and 369 nonpsychotic subjects were examined for the occurrence of rheumatic chorea. There was significantly more rheumatic chorea in the histories of psychotic patients than in nonpsychotics (p less than 0.01, chi-square). Neuropathological associations are discussed.
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