Susan Swedo

Susan Swedo is a researcher in the field of pediatrics and neuropsychiatry. Beginning in 1998, she was Chief of the Pediatrics & Developmental Neuroscience Branch at the US National Institute of Mental Health. In 1994, Swedo was lead author on a paper describing pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS), a controversial hypothesis^[1] proposing a link between Group A streptococcal infection in children and some rapid-onset cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or tic disorders such as Tourette syndrome.^[2] Swedo retired from the NIH in 2019, and serves on the PANDAS Physician Network.^[3]

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^ Swedo SE, Leonard HL, Kiessling LS (February 1994). "Speculations on antineuronal antibody-mediated neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood". Pediatrics. 93 (2): 323–6. doi:10.1542/peds.93.2.323. PMID 8121747. S2CID 46734647.
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[pmid8121747-2] Swedo SE, Leonard HL, Kiessling LS (February 1994). "Speculations on antineuronal antibody-mediated neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood". Pediatrics. 93 (2): 323–6. doi:10.1542/peds.93.2.323. PMID 8121747. S2CID 46734647.

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