PANS/PANDAS: Clinical Experience in IVIG Treatment and State of the Art in Rehabilitation Approaches
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Clinical
3.2. Laboratory
3.3. Other Findings
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Severity Grade | Total Score |
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Subclinical | 0–7 |
Mild | 8–15 |
Moderate | 16–23 |
Severe | 24–31 |
Extreme | 32–40 |
Severity Grade | Start | After IVIG |
---|---|---|
Subclinical | 0 | 12 |
Mild | 0 | 22 |
Moderate | 0 | 9 |
Severe | 0 | 4 |
Extreme | 55 | 8 |
Patients | Patients |
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Pavone, P.; Falsaperla, R.; Cacciaguerra, G.; Sapuppo, A.; Chiaramonte, R.; Lubrano, R.; Messina, G.; Sciuto, S.; Sabino, L.; Cocuzza, S.; et al. PANS/PANDAS: Clinical Experience in IVIG Treatment and State of the Art in Rehabilitation Approaches. NeuroSci 2020, 1, 75-84. https://doi.org/10.3390/neurosci1020007
Pavone P, Falsaperla R, Cacciaguerra G, Sapuppo A, Chiaramonte R, Lubrano R, Messina G, Sciuto S, Sabino L, Cocuzza S, et al. PANS/PANDAS: Clinical Experience in IVIG Treatment and State of the Art in Rehabilitation Approaches. NeuroSci. 2020; 1(2):75-84. https://doi.org/10.3390/neurosci1020007
Chicago/Turabian StylePavone, Piero, Raffaele Falsaperla, Giovanni Cacciaguerra, Annamaria Sapuppo, Rita Chiaramonte, Riccardo Lubrano, Giulia Messina, Sarah Sciuto, Luca Sabino, Salvatore Cocuzza, and et al. 2020. "PANS/PANDAS: Clinical Experience in IVIG Treatment and State of the Art in Rehabilitation Approaches" NeuroSci 1, no. 2: 75-84. https://doi.org/10.3390/neurosci1020007