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It was a sunny day in September 2007 when Garrett Pohlman, then seven years old, came home from school. Crying, he warned his mother that radiation was coming out of the house’s electrical sockets. If they went outside, he said, birds would peck them to death. These pronouncements were accompanied by odd facial movements.

Wald ER, Eickhoff J, Flood GE, Heinz MV, Liu D, Agrawal A, Morse RP, Raney VM, Veerapandiyan A, Madan JC. Estimate of the incidence of PANDAS and PANS in 3 […]

A Vreeland; D Calaprice; N Or-Geva; RE. Frye; D Agalliu; HM. Lachman; C Pittenger; S Pallanti; K Williams; M Ma; M Thienemann; A Gagliano; E Mellins; J Frankovich https://doi.org/10.1159/000534261 In […]

Speaker: Scott Antoine, DO, FACEP, ABOIM, IFMCP Webinar: Toxins and the Immune System in PANS & PANDAS The recording will be available in a couple of weeks. About this Webinar […]

N Ringer, C Benjaminson, H Bejnö, Living with Paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) – a qualitative study of Children’s experiences in Sweden. Cogent Psychology (2023), 10: 2259745 DOI:10.1080/23311908.2023.2259745 The study […]

Kulumani Mahadevan LS, Murphy M, Selenica M, Latimer E, Harris BT. Clinicopathologic Characteristics of PANDAS in a Young Adult: A Case Report. Dev Neurosci. 2023;45(6):335-341. doi: 10.1159/000534061. Epub 2023 Sep […]

  Sydenhams Chorea is the prototype disorder for PANDAS. If you or your child has chorea movements, it is important to get a correct diagnosis. One may have an easier […]

Maura A. Miglioretti, Ara J. Schmitt, Kara E. McGoey & M. Tina Benno (2023) An Exploratory Study of Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior and School Problems Associated with Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS), […]

LaRusso MD, Abadia CE. Symptom flares after COVID-19 infection versus vaccination among youth with PANS/PANDAS. Allergy Asthma Proc. 2023 Sep 1;44(5):361-367. doi: 10.2500/aap.2023.44.230049. PMID: 37641227; PMCID: PMC10476495. These results support […]

Bellanti JA. The PANDAS/PANS disorders. Is it time for more allergist-immunologists to get involved? Allergy Asthma Proc. 2023 Sep 1;44(5):296-305. doi: 10.2500/aap.2023.44.230029. PMID: 37641225. Conclusion: The PANDAS/PANS disorders are a […]

Hefelfinger D, Kaufman H, Gilman A, Gebhart R. Efficacy of Antidopaminergic Pharmacotherapy in Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated With Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS): A Case Report. Cureus. 2023 Aug 26;15(8):e44164. doi: […]

Speaker: Ruth Setlak, LCSW Webinar: PANS/PANDAS and Attachment Replay: Please be patient while we edit. About this Webinar The following questions will be addressed during the course of this webinar. 1) […]