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Eremija J, Patel S, Rice S, Daines M. Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment improves multiple neuropsychiatric outcomes in patients with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. Front Pediatr. 2023 Oct 16;11:1229150. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1229150. PMID: […]

  Finding the right doctor matters. We know there are families where the stars align and they get seen by the right doctor at the right time and get the […]

Sivakanthan A, Gedeon J, Sadaf S, et al. Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections manifestations in a teenager. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2023;25(5):23cr03505. October 5, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4088/PCC.23cr03505 […]

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 […]