2008
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
2006
Association of polymorphisms within the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor-α with clinical outcomes of rheumatic fever
Ramasawmy R, Faé K, Spina G, Victora G, Tanaka A, Palácios S, Hounie A, Miguel E, Oshiro S, Goldberg A, Kalil J, Guilherme L. Association of polymorphisms within the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor-α with clinical outcomes of rheumatic fever. Molecular Immunology 2006, 44: 1873-1878. PMID: 17079017, DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.10.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAortic DiseasesAutoimmune DiseasesChildChoreaCohort StudiesFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMaleMyocarditisPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePredictive Value of TestsQuantitative Trait LociRheumatic Heart DiseaseStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pyogenesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsRheumatic feverRF patientsClinical outcomesHealthy controlsTNFA geneMinor alleleRF/RHDAortic valve lesionsRecognition of autoantigensStratification of patientsTumor necrosis factorAssociation of polymorphismsMild carditisValve lesionsAdaptive armsSydenham's choreaAutoimmune diseasesHeart diseaseInflammatory diseasesNecrosis factorBorderline associationG-308APatientsImmune systemClinical phenotypeObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Rheumatic Fever: A Family Study
Hounie A, Pauls D, do Rosario-Campos M, Mercadante M, Diniz J, De Mathis M, De Mathis M, Chacon P, Shavitt R, Curi M, Guilherme L, Miguel E. Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Rheumatic Fever: A Family Study. Biological Psychiatry 2006, 61: 266-272. PMID: 16616727, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.02.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBacterial ProteinsCase-Control StudiesChildData Interpretation, StatisticalFamilyFemaleHumansInterview, PsychologicalLogistic ModelsMaleObserver VariationObsessive-Compulsive DisorderOdds RatioPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesRheumatic FeverRiskStreptococcal InfectionsStreptolysinsConceptsFirst-degree relativesRheumatic feverObsessive-compulsive spectrum disordersSydenham's choreaFDRs of controlsStructured psychiatric interviewUnderlying etiologic mechanismsCase-control family studyFamily studiesControl first-degree relativesBest-estimate diagnosesHigh rateRF patientsCompulsive spectrum disordersOdds ratioMorbid riskEtiologic mechanismsPsychiatric interviewSpectrum disorderLogistic regressionProbandsFeverPatientsChoreaDiagnosis
2001
Antibodies against neural, nuclear, cytoskeletal, and streptococcal epitopes in children and adults with Tourette’s syndrome, Sydenham’s chorea, and autoimmune disorders
Morshed S, Parveen S, Leckman J, Mercadante M, Kiss M, Miguel E, Arman A, Yazgan Y, Fujii T, Paul S, Peterson B, Zhang H, King R, Scahill L, Lombroso P. Antibodies against neural, nuclear, cytoskeletal, and streptococcal epitopes in children and adults with Tourette’s syndrome, Sydenham’s chorea, and autoimmune disorders. Biological Psychiatry 2001, 50: 566-577. PMID: 11690591, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01096-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal antinuclear antibodiesAntinuclear antibodiesAutoimmune disordersTourette syndromeAnticytoskeletal antibodiesAntineural antibodiesStreptococcal infectionT patientsTS patientsBeta-hemolytic streptococcal infectionPrior streptococcal infectionHemolytic streptococcal infectionAntistreptolysin O titerIndirect immunofluorescent assayLevels of immunoreactivityWestern blot techniqueMean rankClinical characteristicsSydenham's choreaO titerPatient groupSC patientsIgG antibodiesIgG classNormal controls
2000
The Psychiatric Symptoms of Rheumatic Fever
Mercadante MT, Busatto GF, Lombroso PJ, Prado L, Rosário-Campos MC, do Valle R, Marques-Dias MJ, Kiss MH, Leckman JF, Miguel EC. The Psychiatric Symptoms of Rheumatic Fever. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2000, 157: 2036-2038. PMID: 11097972, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.12.2036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderRheumatic feverSydenham's choreaTic disordersHigh riskComparison groupFever groupMajor depressive disorderDeficit hyperactivity disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderDepressive disorderRisk factorsPsychiatric symptomsPsychiatric disordersChoreaFeverNeuropsychiatric disordersObsessive-compulsive symptomsRating ScaleHyperactivity disorderSymptomsDisordersADHD symptomsChildrenSemistructured interviews
1999
Relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorders and diseases affecting primarily the basal ganglia
Maia A, Barbosa E, Menezes P, Filho E. Relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorders and diseases affecting primarily the basal ganglia. Clinics 1999, 54: 213-221. PMID: 10881070, DOI: 10.1590/s0041-87811999000600008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
Obsessive compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome in patients with rheumatic fever with or without Sydenham's chorea: phenomenological and laboratorial aspects.
Mercadante M, Miguel Filho E. Obsessive compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome in patients with rheumatic fever with or without Sydenham's chorea: phenomenological and laboratorial aspects. Revista Da Associação Médica Brasileira 1996, 42: 61-2. PMID: 8935679.Peer-Reviewed Original Research