Prospective longitudinal study of children with tic disorders and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder: relationship of symptom exacerbations to newly acquired streptococcal infections - Luo, Feng; Leckman, James F; Katsovich, Liliya; Findley, Diane; Grantz, Heidi; Tucker, Daniel M; Lombroso, Paul J; King, Robert A; Bessen, Debra E (Pediatrics (Evanston), 2004)
Keywords: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System - complications; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System - microbiology; C-Reactive Protein - analysis; Child; Female; HLA-DR Antigens - blood; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Mental Disorders - microbiology; Neopterin - blood; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - complications; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - microbiology; Streptococcal Infections - complications; Streptococcus pyogenes - isolation & purification; Tic Disorders - complications; Tic Disorders - microbiology