| Revista: | Revista brasileira de psiquiatria |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000280017 |
| ISSN: | 1516-4446 |
| Autores: | Mercadante, Marcos T1 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Año: | 2001 |
| Periodo: | Oct |
| Volumen: | 23 |
| Paginación: | 31-34 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Portugués |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Analítico |
| Resumen en inglés | This article discusses issues related to the hypotheses regarding the existence of immune mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of a subgroup of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and/or Tourette's syndrome. Though developed from the studies on Sydenham's chorea, other concepts about the immune system regulation hypotheses still need further investigation. The proposition of PANDAS, the pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infection, combined with the results obtained with plasma exchange procedure, which showed a remarkable improvement of the symptoms in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder and/or Tourette's syndrome, have given additional support to this model |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Psiquiatría, Inmunología, Trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo, Síndrome de Gilles de la Tourette, Corea de Syndenham, Enfermedades autoinmunes, Receptores, Citocinas, Neuroinmunología |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Psychiatry, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, Syndenham chorea, Autoimmune diseases, Receptors, Neuroimmunology, Cytokines, Immunology |
| Texto completo: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
