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Antibiotic prophylaxis with azithromycin or penicillin for childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disordersLisa A Snider
Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Biol Psychiatry 57:788-92. 2005..We hypothesized that the prevention of streptococcal infections among children in the PANDAS subgroup would decrease neuropsychiatric symptom exacerbations...
Tics and problem behaviors in schoolchildren: prevalence, characterization, and associationsLisa A Snider
Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1255, USA
Pediatrics 110:331-6. 2002..We conducted an 8-month longitudinal observational study to determine the variations in frequency of motor tics and associated problem behaviors...
Echocardiographic findings in the PANDAS subgroupLisa A Snider
Pediatric Developmental and Neuropsychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 10 Center Dr, Room 4N208, MSC 1255, Bethesda, MD 20892 1255, USA
Pediatrics 114:e748-51. 2004....
PANDAS: current status and directions for researchL A Snider
Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Mol Psychiatry 9:900-7. 2004..The obsessions, compulsions, tics, and other neuropsychiatric symptoms seen in these children are postulated to arise from an interaction of these antibodies with neurons of the basal ganglia...
Post-streptococcal autoimmune disorders of the central nervous systemLisa A Snider
Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Curr Opin Neurol 16:359-65. 2003..The present review summarizes the most recent published findings of central nervous system diseases that have evidence of a post-streptococcal autoimmune etiology...
Childhood-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder and tic disorders: case report and literature reviewLisa A Snider
Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 13:S81-8. 2003..Further research is required to determine why the treatments are helpful and to ascertain whether or not antibiotic prophylaxis can help prevent poststreptococcal symptom exacerbations...
Treatment of Sydenham's chorea with intravenous immunoglobulin, plasma exchange, or prednisoneMarjorie A Garvey
Pediatric and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, 10 Center Drive, Room 4N208, MSC 1255, Bethesda, MD 20892-1255, USA
J Child Neurol 20:424-9. 2005..Larger studies are required to confirm these clinical observations and to determine if these treatments are cost-effective for this disorder...
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms among patients with Sydenham choreaFernando R Asbahr
Department of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Medical Investigation LIM 23, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil
Biol Psychiatry 57:1073-6. 2005..We hypothesized that OCS occurring in association with SC would be similar to those among patients with tic disorders...
Antibody-mediated neuronal cell signaling in behavior and movement disordersChristine A Kirvan
Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95618-6077, USA
J Neuroimmunol 179:173-9. 2006..Antibodies against GlcNAc in PANDAS sera were inhibited by lysoganglioside G(M1). Results suggest that antibodies from an infection may signal neuronal cells in some behavioral and movement disorders...
Relationship of movements and behaviors to Group A Streptococcus infections in elementary school childrenTanya K Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
Biol Psychiatry 61:279-84. 2007..Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS) research is based on the hypothesis that infections trigger changes in behavior and movement in children...
Does group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection increase risk for behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms in children?Eliana Miller Perrin
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 200 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7220, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:848-56. 2004..To determine whether group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections increase the risk of developing symptoms characteristic of the diagnosis pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS)...
