Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders in Rheumatic Fever Patients

doi:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.17.4.544

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 17:544-547, November 2005
doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.17.4.544
© 2005 American Neuropsychiatric Association



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Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders in Rheumatic Fever Patients

Marcos T. Mercadante, M.D., Ph.D., Juliana B. Diniz, M.D., Ana G. Hounie, M.D., Ph.D., Ygor Ferrão, M.D., M.Sc., Pedro Alvarenga, M.D., Sergio Brotto, M.D. and Euripedes C. Miguel, M.D., Ph.D.

Received September 30, 2003; revised July 13, 2004; accepted July 20, 2004. From the Department of Psychiatry, São Paulo University Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Pervasive Development Disorder Program, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Address correspondence to Dr. Mercadante, Department of Psychiatry, São Paulo University Medical School, R. Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos, s/n^o (sala – 4025), ZIP: 05403-05010, São Paulo – SP, Brazil; mercadante{at}mackenzie.com.br (E-mail).

ABSTRACT

Based on five cases of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disordersin rheumatic fever patients, the authors discuss the range ofpsychiatric disorders associated with poststreptococcal autoimmunereactions and its implications for immunology/CNS interaction.

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