Post-streptococcal autoimmune disorders of the central nervous system

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 785-791

  Dale, Russell C ^a  

^a Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; AZITHROMYCIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; HALOPERIDOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN G; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STEROID; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASAL GANGLION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSTONIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARKINSONISM; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP DISORDER; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; BRAIN; CHILD; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 27744575338     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205001647     Document Type: Review

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