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Human kuru, South Fore: a special demonstration film of the Study of Child Growth and Development and Disease Patterns in Primitive Cultures, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
Human kuru, South Fore: a special demonstration film of the Study of Child Growth and Development and Disease Patterns in Primitive Cultures, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
Contributor(s):
Alpers, Michael P. Gajdusek, D. Carleton (Daniel Carleton), 1923-2008 Meyer, Judith. National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke. Study of Child Growth and Development and Disease Patterns in Primitive Cultures. National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke.
Publication:
[Bethesda, Md. : National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke], 1971
This film demonstrates some of the dystonic features which occur in the late stages of kuru, showing terminal patients as well as patients in other stages of the disease. It also shows the emotional effects of kuru on the different ages of the patients.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
011 min.
Color:
Color
Provenance:
Received: (date unknown) as a donation from the National Institutes of Health.