Antibasal ganglia antibodies and PANDAS [1]

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-117

  Martino, Davide ^a,b   Church, Andrew J ^b   Dale, Russell C ^b,c   Giovannoni, Gavin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BASAL GANGLIA ANTIBODY; BRAIN ANTIGEN; MYELIN; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COLORIMETRY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 14044274314     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20310     Document Type: Letter

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