PANDAS anorexia nervosa - Endangered, extinct or nonexistent?

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-21

  Puxley, Frances ^a   Midtsund, Marie ^a   Iosif, Alina ^b   Lask, Bryan ^a,c,d  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d London Huntercombe Manor Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Autoimmunity; PANDAS; Streptococcal infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; PHARYNGITIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PLASMAPHERESIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SYNDROME;

EID: 37349060347     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20462     Document Type: Review

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