A clinical study of Kleine-Levin syndrome with evidence for hypothalamic-pituitary axis dysfunction

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-301

  Malhotra, Savita ^a   Das, Mrigendra Kumar ^a   Gupta, Nitin ^a   Muralidharan, R ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

hypothalamic pituitary dysfunction; Kleine Levin syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME; MALE; PITUITARY HORMONES;

EID: 0342378097     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00252-7     Document Type: Article

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