The Kleine-Levin syndrome - Effects of treatment with lithium

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 113-119

  Poppe, M ^a   Friebell, D ^a   Reuner, U ^a   Todt, H ^a   Koch, R ^a   Heubner, Georg ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Kleine Levin syndrome; Lithium; Periodic hypersomnia; Polysomnography

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LITHIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0043236282     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41273     Document Type: Article

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