Case study: Acute basal ganglia enlargement and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in an adolescent boy

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 913-915

  Giedd, Jay N ^a   Rapoport, Judith L ^a   Leonard, Henrietta L ^a   Richter, Daniel ^a   Swedo, Susan E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; magnetic resonance imaging; obsessive compulsive disorder; pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030013150     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199607000-00017     Document Type: Article

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