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CLINICIAN RESOURCES
FOR PANS/PANDAS
FLOWCHARTS
Follow the process of evaluating your patient for PANS/PANDAS then determine the treatment path based on symptom severity.
DIAGNOSING
Read about the criteria for PANS/PANDAS along with summaries of the psychiatric and neurologic symptoms your patient may experience.
TREATING
Treating your PANS and PANDAS patient may include antimicrobials (such as antibiotics), immunomodulatory therapy, and behavioral therapy.
FIRST PATIENT
Seeing Your First Child with PANDAS/PANS offers a quick insight into the presentation, diagnostic criteria, workup recommendations, and outcome expectations.
PPN’s work is powered by collaboration among clinicians, researchers, and supporters dedicated to improving care for those affected by PANS/PANDAS. Your end-of-year gift supports this collaboration and helps improve the lives of children with immune-mediated neuropsychiatric conditions that cause serious neuropsychiatric symptoms and psychological distress.
Feigin & Cherry’s Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 9th Edition equips clinicians with foundational knowledge on PANS/PANDAS.
LATEST PANS/PANDAS RESEARCH
New research identifies a novel subset of CD14⁺ monocytes with a regulatory, anti-inflammatory profile and a surface phenotype consistent with CNS homing in patient with Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
PPN Awards Funding to the Agalliu Lab to
Continue Immune Mediated OCD, PANDAS/PANS Research
This award will support an ongoing study conducted by Dr. Uğur Akcan which will provide insight into the mechanisms by which the RXRA genetic risk factor identified in children with PANDAS affects the immune responses that triggers immune-mediated neuropsychological changes, including obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
WHO WE ARE. WHAT WE DO.
THE PPN VISION
Our vision is that PANS/PANDAS will become easily diagnosed and treated with accessible therapies that dramatically reduce suffering and lead to a cure.
PPN MEMBERSHIP
A free membership with PPN keeps clinicians up to date on diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines and PANS/PANDAS research. By becoming a member, you will have the option to be recognized as a practitioner who works with PANS/PANDAS patients, submit and view job opportunities, and become eligible to apply for a research grant
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