Pediatrics & Therapeutics

Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access

ISSN: 2161-0665

Research Article - (2012) Volume 2, Issue 2

From Research Subgroup to Clinical Syndrome: Modifying the PANDAS Criteria to Describe PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome)

Susan E. Swedo1*, James F. Leckman2 and Noel R. Rose3
1Pediatrics & Developmental Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA
2Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven CT, USA
3Center for Autoimmune Disease Research, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, USA
*Corresponding Author: Susan E. Swedo, Pediatrics & Developmental Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA Email:

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