A link between perianal strep and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infection (PANDAS)

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-168

  Toufexis, Megan ^a   DeOleo, Caroline ^b   Elia, Josephine ^c   Murphy, Tanya K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIGEN; CLINDAMYCIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLINKING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPULSION; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCAL INF; PERIANAL DERMATITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE; TIC; ANIMAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84901418528     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12050126     Document Type: Article

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