Albert J. Allen MD, PhD, Henrietta L. Leonard, MD, Susan E. Swedo, MD
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry-1995
A review of clinical observations and literature reports leads to the hypothesis that, via a process analogous to Sydenham’s chorea, infections with group A β-hemolytic streptococci, among others, may trigger autoimmune responses that cause or exacerbate some cases of childhood-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or tic disorders (including Tourette’s syndrome).
Gabriella True
