Gabriella’s Family
Up until recently our PANS family story really only focused around T, but now X has own PANS story and so do I. We got lucky. We got lucky that...
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Intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of autoimmune encephalopathy in children with autism
Kathleen Connery, Marie Tippett, Leanna M. Delhey, Shannon Rose, John C. Slattery, Stephen G. Kahler, Juergen Hahn, Uwe Kruger, Madeleine W. Cunningham, Craig Shimasaki, Richard E. Frye
Transl Psychiatry-2018
In an open-labeled IVIG study in children with comorbid ASD and PANS/ PANDAS, anti-tubulin and anti-D2R (as measured by the Cunningham panel) were associated with responsiveness to IVIG treatment, suggesting that these autoantibodies could be biomarkers to select for positive IVIG treatment outcomes. Research continues to explore serum biomarkers and genetic risk factors that can provide a diagnostic tool and/or complement diagnosis in children with PANS/PANDAS.
September 21, 2017
PANS and PANDAS in ASD – Nancy O’Hara, MD
Free certificates of attendance are available upon completion of a brief knowledge...
Streptococcal infection-related autoimmunity and autism: crosstalk in protein functional networks
Megan Huxley, Joshua Stead, Olga Vasieva
Journal of Systems and Integrative Neuroscience-2017
From published and our study it is clear that there is overlap within the IS and NS functions that may be responsible for synergism in inheritable and environmental components in aetiology of a number of neuro-psychiatric disorder, and ASD, in particular.
June 5, 2017
Dr Kenneth Bock, M.D. Brain Inflammation
Presented by Southern Tier Lyme Support, Inc - Kenneth A. Bock, M.D., FAAFP, FAAFP, CNS, received his MD with Honor from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1979, and is the founder of...
July 6, 2016
Dr. Frye Discusses Autism Spectrum Disorders, PANDAS
Dr. Richard Frye, Director of Autism Research at Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, gives a presentation on neuroimmune aspects of...
April 4, 2014
What is PANDAS? How Is It Different from Autism? Interview with S. Swedo
“PANDAS turned out to be the cause of new obsessive-compulsive symptoms in our son, who also has autism. But the lack of information and awareness left his symptoms untreated for nearly 3 years....