Psychiatry Research
Volume 101, Issue 2 , Pages 187-193 , 25 March 2001

Increased titers of antibodies against streptococcal M12 and M19 proteins in patients with Tourette's syndrome

  • Norbert Müller

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Hospital, Ludwig–Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, D-80336 München, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-89-5160-3397; fax: +49-89-5160-4548
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  • Bernd Kroll

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Microbiology, RWTH Aachen, German National Reference Center for Streptococci, Aachen, Germany
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  • Markus J. Schwarz

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Hospital, Ludwig–Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, D-80336 München, Germany
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  • Michael Riedel

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Hospital, Ludwig–Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr. 7, D-80336 München, Germany
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  • Andreas Straube

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Ludwig–Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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  • Rudolf Lütticken

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Microbiology, RWTH Aachen, German National Reference Center for Streptococci, Aachen, Germany
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  • Ralf René Reinert

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Microbiology, RWTH Aachen, German National Reference Center for Streptococci, Aachen, Germany
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  • Thorsten Reineke

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biometry, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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  • Otto Kühnemund

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Microbiology, RWTH Aachen, German National Reference Center for Streptococci, Aachen, Germany

Received 23 August 1999 ,Revised 7 July 2000 ,Accepted 9 September 2000.

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