The relationship between group A streptococcal infections and Tourette syndrome: A study on a large service-based cohort

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 951-957

  Martino, Davide ^a   Chiarotti, Flavia ^b   Buttiglione, Maura ^a   Cardona, Francesco ^c   Creti, Roberta ^b   Nardocci, Nardo ^d   Orefici, Graziella ^b   Veneselli, Edvige ^e   Rizzo, Renata ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^e G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; BASAL GANGLIA ANTIBODY; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; TIC;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 80052532217     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04018.x     Document Type: Article

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