Therapeutic plasma apheresis as a treatment for 35 severely Ill children and adolescents with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-75

  Latimer, M Elizabeth ^a,b   L'Etoile, Nathan ^a   Seidlitz, Jakob ^c   Swedo, Susan E ^c  

^a Pediatric Neurology Practice   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD VOLUME; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DYSGRAPHIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLLAKISURIA; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SLEEP DISORDER; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; THERAPEUTIC PLASMA APHERESIS; TIC; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PLASMAPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923297810     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: 15578992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2014.0080     Document Type: Article

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