Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 10 , Pages 1166-1172 , October 2008

Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated With Streptococcal Infection: A Case-Control Study Among Privately Insured Children

,Accepted 15 May 2008.

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 This article was reviewed under and accepted by Ad Hoc Editor Daniel S. Pine, M.D.This research was supported in part by NIH grants MH049351, MH061940, and MH076273. Additional support was provided by the Richmand and Kaiser Families.

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doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181825a3d

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 10 , Pages 1166-1172 , October 2008

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