A variant of the Kleine-Levin syndrome following head trauma

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-108

  Kostic V S ^a,c   Stefanova, E ^a   Svetel, M ^a   Kozic D ^b  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Oncology

^c Institute of Neurology Clinical Centre of Serbia   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Hyperphagia; Hypothalamus; Kleine Levin syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032427706     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/413989     Document Type: Article

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