The immunobiology of Tourette's disorder, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus, and related disorders: A way forward

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-331

  Murphy, Tanya K ^a   Kurlan, Roger ^b   Leckman, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OVERLOOK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; ENOLASE; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PYRUVATE KINASE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ACTIVATION; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEDLINE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCUS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THALAMUS; TIC;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TICS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 77956419151     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2010.0043     Document Type: Review

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