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Research Listing: Tourette Syndrome: Immunology and infectious aetiologies

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Altered immunoglobulin profiles in children with Tourette syndrome. Bos-Veneman NG, Olieman R, Tobiasova Z, Hoekstra PJ, Katsovich L, Bothwell AL, Leckman JF, Kawikova I Brain Behav Immun 2011 Mar; 25(3):532-8. ⸬
Streptococcal upper respiratory tract infections and exacerbations of tic and obsessive-compulsive symptoms: a prospective longitudinal study. Leckman JF, King RA, Gilbert DL, Coffey BJ, Singer HS, Dure LS, Grantz H, Katsovich L, Lin H, Lombroso PJ, Kawikova I, Johnson DR, Kurlan RM, Kaplan EL J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2011 Feb; 50(2):108-118.e3. ⸠⸬
Involvement of immunologic and biochemical mechanisms in the pathogenesis of Tourette’s syndrome. Landau YE, Steinberg T, Richmand B, Leckman JF, Apter A. J Neural Transm. 2011 Dec 3. ⸠⸬
Children with Tourette’s syndrome may suffer immunoglobulin A dysgammaglobulinemia: preliminary report. Kawikova I, Grady BP, Tobiasova Z, Zhang Y, Vojdani A, Katsovich L, Richmand BJ, Park TW, Bothwell AL, Leckman JF Biol Psychiatry 2010 Apr 1; 67(7):679-83. ⸠⸬
Streptococcal infection, Tourette syndrome, and OCD: is there a connection? Schrag A, Gilbert R, Giovannoni G, Robertson MM, Metcalfe C, Ben-Shlomo Y. Neurology. 2009 Oct 20;73(16):1256-63. ⸬
The PANDAS subgroup of tic disorders and childhood-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder. Martino D, Defazio G, Giovannoni G. J Psychosom Res. 2009 Dec;67(6):547-57.⸬
Streptococcal infection and exacerbations of childhood tics and obsessive-compulsive symptoms: a prospective blinded cohort study. Kurlan R, Johnson D, Kaplan EL Pediatrics 2008 Jun; 121(6):1188-97. ⸠⸬
Antineuronal antibody status and phenotype analysis in Tourette’s syndrome. Martino D, Defazio G, Church AJ, et al. Mov Disord 2007; 22:1424—1429.
Serum autoantibodies do not differentiate PANDAS and Tourette syndrome from controls. Singer HS, Hong JJ, Yoon DY, Williams PN. Neurology. 2005 Dec 13;65(11):1701-7. ⸬
Soluble adhesion molecules in Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome. Martino D, Church AJ, Defazio G, Dale RC, Quinn NP, Robertson MM, Livrea P, Orth M, Giovannoni G J Neurol Sci 2005 Jul 15; 234(1-2):79-85. ⸠⸬
Anti-basal ganglia antibodies in PANDAS. Singer HS, Loiselle CR, Lee O, Minzer K, Swedo S, Grus FH. Mov Disord. 2004 Apr;19(4):406-15. â¸
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