PANDAS in siblings: A common risk? [2]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Dranitzki, Z ^a   Steiner, I ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetic predisposition; PANDAS; Streptococcal infections; Syndenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSCHIATRIC DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TONSILLITIS;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SIBLINGS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 34249785708     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01577.x     Document Type: Letter

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