Multiple Choice
A 12-year-old girl experiences acute onset of rapid, flowing, movements of her extremities and facial grimacing. Her parents report to the emergency physician that the girl had been diagnosed with rheumatic fever 3 months earlier and treated with antibiotics. This girl is most likely suffering from which of the following?
A) Parkinson's disease
B) Cerebellar degeneration
C) Sydenham's chorea
D) Wilson's disease
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