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Link Discovered Between Antibodies To Strep Throat Bacteria And Obsessive Compulsive Disorder In Mice

August 12, 2009 by

A new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's Center for Infection and Immunity indicates that pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette syndrome and/or tic disorder may develop from an inappropriate immune response to the bacteria causing common throat infections.