PANDAS, Tics and OCD, and Immunotherapy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-1-5

PANDAS, Tics and OCD, and Immunotherapy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 14 (2000): Issue 1

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jan 2000

Abstract

Thirty children with severe, streptococcal-triggered exacerbations of tics or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) were treated with plasma exchange (5 in 2 weeks), intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG, 1 g/kg daily on 2 consecutive days), or placebo saline solution, randomly assigned, in a study at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-1-5 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 5 - 6

Published on: Jan 1, 2000

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,

Immunotherapy,

Post-Infectious Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders

© 2000 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 14 (2000): Issue 1