PANDAS (Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infection)

N E Lynch1, S Deiratany, D W Webb

  • 1Department of Paediatrics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School, Dublin.

Irish Medical Journal
|August 9, 2006
PubMed

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