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[PANS and PANDAS - research diagnoses where psychiatric management is central]
Selma Idring Nordström1, Eva Hesselmark2
1med dr, överläkare, BUP-mottagningen för immunpsykiatri, Region Stockholm.
Abstract:
PANS and PANDAS are research diagnoses characterized by acute presentation of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric and/ or somatic symptoms. A hypothetical neuroinflammatory pathogenesis has directed proposals for evaluation as well as treatment in PANS. However, confirmed evidence of such a mechanism is lacking, which contributes to uncertainty concerning clinical management. The symptom presentation of PANS/PANDAS warrants psychiatric as well as somatic evaluation. Treatment with antibiotics and/or immunomodulatory medication may augment, but should not push aside psychiatric care.
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