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Rhee H, Cameron D. Lyme disease and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS): an overview. Int J Gen Med. 2012;5:163-174 https://doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S24212 B. burgdorferi and GAβHS are very […]

Murphy TK, Kurlan R, Leckman J. The immunobiology of Tourette’s disorder, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with Streptococcus, and related disorders: a way forward. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2010 Aug;20(4):317-31. […]

Yaddanapudi K, Hornig M, Serge R, De Miranda J, Baghban A, Villar G, Lipkin WI. Passive transfer of streptococcus-induced antibodies reproduces behavioral disturbances in a mouse model of pediatric autoimmune […]

HCP, October 4, 2009 Read Article In addition, patients may be emotionally labile and demonstrate crying, grimacing, or restlessness. Speech often is slurred. These emotional and behavioral changes tend to […]

Matthew E. Hirschtritt, Christopher J. Hammond, David Luckenbaugh, Jason Buhle, Audrey E. Thurm, B. J. Casey & Susan E. Swedo (2009) Executive and Attention Functioning Among Children in the PANDAS […]

Calkin CV, Carandang CG. Certain eating disorders may be a neuropsychiatric manifestation of PANDAS: case report. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2007;16(3):132-5. PMID: 18421369; PMCID: PMC2247422.

Storch EA, Murphy TK, Geffken GR, Mann G, Adkins J, Merlo LJ, Duke D, Munson M, Swaine Z, Goodman WK. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for PANDAS-related obsessive-compulsive disorder: findings from a preliminary […]

Murphy, Tanya & Storch, Eric & Strawser, Melissa & Ba,. (2006). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor-induced behavioral activation in the PANDAS subtype. Primary Psychiatry. 13. Although selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) […]

Elia J, Dell ML, Friedman DF, Zimmerman RA, Balamuth N, Ahmed AA, Pati S. PANDAS with catatonia: a case report. Therapeutic response to lorazepam and plasmapheresis. J Am Acad Child […]

Sankaranarayanan, Anoop & John, J. (2003). Paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders (PANDAS): A case report. The National medical journal of India. 16. 22-3. Read report In view of the early onset […]

Sara M Bodner, Syed A Morshed, Bradley S Peterson, The question of PANDAS in adults, Biological Psychiatry, Volume 49, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 807-810, ISSN 0006-3223, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3223(00)01127-6. We describe an […]

Henry MC, Perlmutter SJ, Swedo SE. Anorexia, OCD, and streptococcus. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1999 Mar;38(3):228-9. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199903000-00002. PMID: 10087678.