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Immune mechanisms in pediatric neuropsychiatric disorders. Tourette's syndrome, OCD, and PANDAS.
Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America - 1 Oct 1999
Trifiletti R R, Packard A M
Abstract excerpt
The authors have reviewed recent data supporting the presence of immune abnormalities in several neuropsychiatric disorders (TS, OCD, and PANDAS). Several groups agree that there is a subset of patients with TS and OCD (perhaps about 10%) for whom there is a clear streptococcal trigger, validating the PANDAS concept. Also, evidence of biochemical markers for TS and OCD have begun to emerge, namely D8/17 and...
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