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- Title
Prospective longitudinal study of children with tic disorders and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder: relationship of symptom exacerbations to newly acquired streptococcal infections.
- Authors
Luo, Feng; Leckman, James F; Katsovich, Liliya; Findley, Diane; Grantz, Heidi; Tucker, Daniel M; Lombroso, Paul J; King, Robert A; Bessen, Debra E
- Abstract
It has been proposed that infection by group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (GABHS) can trigger acute symptom exacerbations among patients with Tourette's syndrome (TS) or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), via autoimmune mechanisms.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2004, Vol 113, Issue 6, pe578
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.113.6.e578