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Identification of children with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections by a marker associated with rheumatic fever.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Jan 1997
Swedo S E, Leonard H L, Mittleman B B, Allen A J, Rapoport J L, Dow S P, Kanter M E, Chapman F, Zabriskie J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to determine whether a trait marker of rheumatic fever susceptibility (labeled D8/17) could identify children with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders (obsessive-compulsive disorder and tic disorders) associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS). METHOD: Blood samples obtained from 27 children with PANDAS, nine children with Sydenham's chorea, and 24 healthy...
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