PANDAS and paroxysms: A case of conversion disorder?

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-115

  Kuluva, Joshua ^a   Hirsch, Scott ^a   Coffey, Barbara ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; CLONIDINE; ESCITALOPRAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PREDNISOLONE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIC;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONVERSION DISORDER; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TICS;

EID: 39749117352     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2007.1813     Document Type: Article

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