Streptococcal Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Psychosocial Stress Predict Future Tic and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Severity in Children and Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 684-691

  Lin, Haiqun ^a   Williams, Kyle A ^b   Katsovich, Liliya ^b   Findley, Diane B ^b   Grantz, Heidi ^b   Lombroso, Paul J ^b   King, Robert A ^b   Bessen, Debra E ^c   Johnson, Dwight ^d   Kaplan, Edward L ^d   Landeros Weisenberger, Angeli ^b   Zhang, Heping ^a,b   Leckman, James F ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; major depressive disorder (MDD); obsessive compulsive disorder Tourette syndrome tic group A beta hemolytic streptococcal upper respiratory tract infections; PANDAS; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TIC; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TICS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 77949487318     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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