Neuropsychiatric-developmental model for the expression of tics, pervasive developmental disorder, and schizophreniform symptomatology associated with PANDAS

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 4 PART 3, 2009, Pages 1037-1038

  Cavanna, Andrea E ^a,b   Martino, Davide ^a,c   Orth, Michael ^a,d   Giovannoni, Gavin ^a,e   Stern, Jeremy S ^f   Robertson, Mary M ^a,f   Critchley, Hugo D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNITY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIC; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; CHILD; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYNDROME;

AUTOANTIBODY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYNDROME; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 77949495016     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970802049767     Document Type: Letter

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