ASPIRE Blog

Daniel Demesh, MD; Jordan M. Virbalas, MD; John P. Bent, MD JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.-2015 Conclusions: Although current evidence is inconclusive, the data reported herein support previously described smaller […]

Nicolini H, López Y, Genis-Mendoza AD, Manrique V, Lopez-Canovas L, Niubo E, Hernández L, Bobes MA, Riverón AM, López-Casamichana M, Flores J, Lanzagorta N, De la Fuente-Sandoval C, Santana D.  […]

Kiki Chang, Jennifer Frankovich, Michael Cooperstock, Madeleine W. Cunningham, M. Elizabeth Latimer, Tanya K. Murphy, Mark Pasternack, Margo Thienemann, Kyle Williams, Jolan Walter, and Susan E. Swedo, From the PANS […]

Jennifer Frankovich, Margo Thienemann, Jennifer Pearlstein, Amber Crable, Kayla Brown, Kiki Chang JCAP-2015 In our PANS clinic, 40% of patients had acute onset of symptoms. However, those with and without […]

Jennifer Frankovich, Margo Thienemann, Sonal Rana, Kiki Chang JCAP-2015 Youth with PANS may present in differing ways, with psychiatric and physical symptoms overlapping with inflammatory or infectious diseases, pain syndromes, […]

Susan E. Swedo, Jakob Seidlitz, Miro Kovacevic, M. Elizabeth Latimer, Rebecca Hommer, Lorraine Lougee, Paul Grant JCAP-2015 The diagnostic criteria for PANDAS can be used by clinicians to accurately identify […]

E. Carla Parker-Athill, Jared Ehrhart, Jun Tan, Tanya K. Murphy JCAP-2015 These findings suggest a role for cytokine dysregulation in the pathogenesis of tic disorders. It also points toward the […]

Carol J. Cox, Amir J. Zuccolo, Erica V. Edwards, Adita Mascaro-Blanco, Kathy Alvarez, Julie Stoner, Kiki Chang, Madeleine W. Cunningham JCAP-2015 Our study suggested a significant correlation of streptococcal-associated tics […]

Miro Kovacevic, Paul Grant, Susan E. Swedo JCAP-2015 PDF This case series demonstrates the benefits of IVIG therapy for youths with PANDAS/PANS, including those who had been symptomatic for several […]

M. Elizabeth Latimer, Nathan L’Etoile, Jakob Seidlitz, Susan E. Swedo JCAP-2015 Therapeutic plasma apheresis is an invasive medical intervention that should be reserved for treatment of children and adolescents who […]

Ajay Kumar, Mitchel Williams, Otto Muzik and Harry Chugani Journal of Nuclear Medicine–2015 Our findings suggest increased activated microglial cells, suggesting underlying neuroinflammation, in bilateral caudate nuclei in children with […]

Kathleen G. Walker, Petrus J. de Vries, Dan J. Stein, and Jo M. Wilmshurst Journal of Child Neurology-2015 In South Africa, and worldwide, rheumatic fever represents a public health problem. […]