Antibodies against neural, nuclear, cytoskeletal, and streptococcal epitopes in children and adults with Tourette’s syndrome, Sydenham’s chorea, and autoimmune disorders - Morshed, Syed A.; Parveen, Salina; Leckman, James F.; Mercadante, Marcos T.; Bittencourt Kiss, Maria H.; Miguel, Euripedes C.; Arman, Ayse; Yazgan, Yanki; Fujii, Takao; Paul, Surojit; Peterson, Bradley S.; Zhang, Heping; et al. (Biological psychiatry (1969), 2001)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Antibodies, Antinuclear - blood; Antibodies, Bacterial - blood; Antistreptolysin - blood; Autoantibodies; Autoantibodies - blood; Autoimmune Diseases - diagnosis; Autoimmune Diseases - immunology; autoimmune disorders; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Chorea - diagnosis; Chorea - immunology; Corpus Striatum - immunology; Cytoskeleton - immunology; Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases; Deoxyribonucleases - immunology; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; molecular mimicry; Neurology; neuropsychiatric disorders; Rats; Sydenham’s chorea; Tourette Syndrome - diagnosis; Tourette Syndrome - immunology; Tourette’s syndrome; molecular mimicry; autoimmune disorders; neuropsychiatric disorders; Autoantibodies; Tourette’s syndrome; Sydenham’s chorea; Autoimmunity; Antigenic determinant; Cell nucleus; Autoimmune disease; Review; Genetic determinism; Inflammatory disease; Streptococcus β hémolytique; Etiology; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Adult; Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Genetics; Degenerative disease; Child; Human; Nervous system diseases; Autoantibody; Cerebral disorder; Streptococcaceae; Neuron; Central nervous system disease; Cytoskeleton; Molecular mimicry; Sydenham chorea; Extrapyramidal syndrome