PANDAS is an acronym for “Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections” proposed by Susan Swedo in 1998, identifying a unique subgroup of patients with unusually abrupt and dramatic obsessive-compulsive disorders. To address the conflicts regarding diagnosis of PANDAS, in 2010 new developing criteria for a syndrome called PANS (“Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome”) have been proposed to replace it, highlighting the fact that several mechanisms rather than only Streptococcal infections could be considered the potential agent.
Falcini, F., Lepri, G., Bertini, F., Matucci Cerinic, M., Rigante, D., From PANDAS to PANS: a nosographic entity in evolution throughout a descriptive analysis of a cohort of 103 italian children and adolescents, <<PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY ONLINE JOURNAL>>, 2014; 2014 (12(1)): 1-2 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/90822]
From PANDAS to PANS: a nosographic entity in evolution throughout a descriptive analysis of a cohort of 103 italian children and adolescents
Rigante, DonatoUltimo
2014
Abstract
PANDAS is an acronym for “Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections” proposed by Susan Swedo in 1998, identifying a unique subgroup of patients with unusually abrupt and dramatic obsessive-compulsive disorders. To address the conflicts regarding diagnosis of PANDAS, in 2010 new developing criteria for a syndrome called PANS (“Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome”) have been proposed to replace it, highlighting the fact that several mechanisms rather than only Streptococcal infections could be considered the potential agent.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.