Association of streptococcal throat infection with mental disorders: Testing key aspects of the PANDAS hypothesis in a nationwide study

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 740-746

  Orlovska, Sonja ^a,b   Vestergaard, Claus Hostrup ^c   Bech, Bodil Hammer ^c   Nordentoft, Merete ^a,b   Vestergaard, Mogens ^c   Benros, Michael Eriksen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHARYNGITIS; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMPLICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIC DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHARYNGITIS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIC DISORDERS;

EID: 85024094866     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.0995     Document Type: Article

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