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Jacek E, Fallon BA, Chandra A, Crow MK, Wormser GP, Alaedini A. Increased IFNα activity and differential antibody response in patients with a history of Lyme disease and persistent cognitive […]

Maggi RG, Mozayeni BR, Pultorak EL, Hegarty BC, Bradley JM, Correa M, Breitschwerdt EB. Bartonella spp. bacteremia and rheumatic symptoms in patients from Lyme disease-endemic region. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 […]

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 […]

Smith BG, Cruz AI Jr, Milewski MD, Shapiro ED. Lyme disease and the orthopaedic implications of lyme arthritis. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2011 Feb;19(2):91-100. doi: 10.5435/00124635-201102000-00004. PMID: 21292932; PMCID: […]

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 […]