ASPIRE Blog

Dale RC, Gorman MP, Lim M Current Opinion Neurololgy-2017 This review summarizes autoimmune encephalitis in children. PANS/PANDAS is included as a subgroup of acquired encephalopathy with focal neurological deficits of […]

Maryann P. Platt, Dritan Agalliu, Tyler Cutforth Frontiers in Immunology-2017 Autoimmunity in the CNS remains confoundingly complex, in both etiology and treatment. While triggers for AE are defined in some […]

Mahony Talia, Sidell Douglas, Gans Hayley, Cooperstock Michael, Brown Kayla, Cheung Joanne M, Farhadian Bahare, Gustafson Melissa, Thienemann Margo, and Frankovich Jennifer JCAP-2017 Despite the established relationship between palatal petechiae […]

G.P.Tisi, M.Marzolini, G.Biffi European Psychiatry-2017 Epstein–Barr virus infection has been reported to precede various neuropsychological disorders, but to the best of our knowledge, rare cases of PANS following mononucleosis have […]

A.Pozza European Psychiatry-2017 Along with psychiatric and antibiotic medications, CBT may be a valid augmentation strategy for PANDAS to reduce risk of exacerbations and enhance symptom improvement.

Janice Trigilio Tona; Sutanuka Bhattacharjya; Denise Calaprice AJOT-2017 Children with PANS present with pervasive occupational performance needs during exacerbation. Children and families may benefit from accommodations to maximize function during […]

Nicholas D. Hysmith, Edward L. Kaplan, P. Patrick Cleary, Dwight R. Johnson, Thomas A. Penfound, James B. Dale Journal of Pediatric Infectious Disease Society-2017 PDF The prospective study examining the […]

Talia Mahony, Douglas Sidell, Hayley Gans, Kayla Brown, Bahare Farhadian, Melissa Gustafson, Janell Sherr, Margo Thienemann, Jennifer Frankovich International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology-2017 Improvement of psychiatric symptoms correlated with resolution […]

Tromba V, Spalice A, Lambiase C, Favoriti A and Tancredi G Austin Journal of Clinical Medicine-2017 Our data confirm that patients with suspected restless leg syndrome could present PANDAS.

Pawela C, Brunsdon RK, Williams TA, Porter M, Dale RC, Mohammad SS Dev Med Child Neurol-2016 PDF Although based on a small, cross‐sectional case series, our results highlight the potential […]

Uhde M, Ajamian M, Li X, Wormser GP, Marques A, Alaedini A. Expression of C-Reactive Protein and Serum Amyloid A in Early to Late Manifestations of Lyme Disease. Clin Infect […]

Kyle A. Williams, MD, PhD, Susan E. Swedo, MD, Cristan A. Farmer, PhD, Heidi Grantz, LCSW, Paul J. Grant, MD, Precilla D’Souza, CRNP, Rebecca Hommer, MD, Liliya Katsovich, MA, Robert […]