Group A Streptococcal Infection - Relation With Tics and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Relation With Tics and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

In recent years, subsets of children with acute, rapid-onset of tic disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) hypothesized to be due to an autoimmune response to group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection (PANDAS) have been identified.

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