Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms In Herpes Simplex Encephalitis

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… Some recent findings suggest the involvement of autoimmune mechanisms in childhood onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), on

the basis of a parallel drawn with Sydenham’s chorea, a manifestation of rheumatic fever. A monoclonal antibody called D8/D17 characterizing a

B-lymphocyte antigen, present in almost all patients with rheumatic fever, has been found also in children affected by OCD, Tourette syndrome, and chronic tics … (Immunological alterations in adult obsessive-compulsive disorder http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322398003710Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms In Herpes Simplex Encephalitishttp://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2001;volume=4;issue=2;spage=65;epage=70;aulast=Khanna;type=0http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322396001746