PANS: Could an infection cause Tourette's-like symptoms in teenage girls? Le Roy, N.Y.

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Could an infection cause Tourette's-like symptoms in teenage girls?

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The sudden onset of a tic disorder in 15 upstate New York teens might be

the result of a strep or other microbial contagion, not " conversion

disorder " .

Over the weekend Brockovich made the news yet again as she and her

nonprofit team descended on the village of Le Roy, N.Y., determined to

test for environmental toxins that might be giving the town's teenagers

symptoms of Tourette's syndrome.