Abstracts tagged "OCD"

Abstract Number: 149 • Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium 2020
Low C4 Copy Number of Total C4 Gene, C4B Gene and C4BL Gene in Children with Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
Agnieszka Kalinowski ¹, Justin Lee ², Haley Hedlin ², Reenal Pattini ², Hanna Ollila ², Emmanuel Mignot ¹, Douglas Levinson ², Susan Swedo ³, Tanya Murphy ⁴, Avis Chan ⁵, Margo Thienemann ¹, Alexander Urban ² and Jennifer Frankovich⁶, ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, ³National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, ⁴University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, ⁶Stanford
Background/Purpose: Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) is characterized by sudden-onset OCD and additional neuropsychiatric symptoms. Imaging studies point to inflammation in the basal ganglia as…
Abstract Number: 150 • Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium 2020
The Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptor KIR3DL1 in Combination with HLA-Bw4 Is Associated with Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
Jennifer Frankovich¹, Kirstin Anderson ², Gonzalo Montero-Martin ³, Avis Chan ⁴, Margo Thienemann ⁵, Bahare Farhadian ⁶, Theresa Willett ⁵, Elizabeth Mellins ⁷, Alicia Madden ⁵, Tanya Murphy ⁸, Susan Swedo ⁹, Marcelo Fernandez-Vina ³ and Jill Hollenbach ², ¹Stanford, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, ⁴Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, ⁶Stanford Immune Behavioral Health Clinic and PANS Research Program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, ⁷Stanford University, Stanford, ⁸University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, ⁹National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Background/Purpose: Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) is characterized by abrupt onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or food restriction with other specified neuropsychiatric symptoms. Patients with…