What you need to know about PANS and PANDAS disorders
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What you need to know about PANS and PANDAS disorders

Pavan Amara Nurse, midwife and health journalist

These paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders are little-known but can significantly affect a child’s life, even into adulthood

Paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) are disorders that affect children, and can have a significant effect on a child’s life, even when they reach adulthood.

Learning Disability Practice. 27, 4, 13-15. doi: 10.7748/ldp.27.4.13.s4

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