Anxiety Disorders and Rheumatic Fever: Is There an Association?
Seixas A, Hounie A, Fossaluza V, Curi M, Alvarenga P, De Mathis M, De Mathis M, Vallada H, Pauls D, de Bragança Pereira C, Miguel E. Anxiety Disorders and Rheumatic Fever: Is There an Association? CNS Spectrums 2008, 13: 1039-1046. PMID: 19179939, DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900017090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-degree relativesRheumatic feverObsessive-compulsive spectrum disordersObsessive-compulsive disorderAnxiety disordersFamily membersCase-control family studyRates of disorderRelatives of individualsPoisson regression modelsRF patientsSydenham's choreaSeparation anxiety disorderPsychiatric interviewPossible familial relationshipControl probandsRelated disordersDisordersFamilial aggregationFurther studiesPatientsChoreaFeverOCD spectrumFamily studies