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Psychiatric disorders in first-degree relatives of children with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS).
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1 Sept 2000
Lougee L, Perlmutter S J, Nicolson R, Garvey M A, Swedo S E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the rates of psychiatric disorders in the first-degree relatives of children with infection-triggered obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or tics (pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections; PANDAS). METHOD: The probands of this study were 54 children with PANDAS (n = 24 with a primary diagnosis of OCD; n = 30 with a primary diagnosis of a...
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