Biological Psychiatry
Volume 61, Issue 3 , Pages 273-278 , 1 February 2007

Decreased Numbers of Regulatory T Cells Suggest Impaired Immune Tolerance in Children with Tourette Syndrome: A Preliminary Study

  • Ivana Kawikova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprints to Ivana Kawikova, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Immunobiology, 630 TAC, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520
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  • James F. Leckman

      Affiliations

    • Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Holger Kronig

      Affiliations

    • Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Lily Katsovich

      Affiliations

    • Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Debra E. Bessen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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  • Musie Ghebremichael

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Alfred L.M. Bothwell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Received 14 November 2005 ,Revised 28 March 2006 ,Accepted 5 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.06.012

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 61, Issue 3 , Pages 273-278 , 1 February 2007

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