Kleine-Levin Syndrome: A Review of a Transient Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Disorder

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 25-27

  Gadoth, Natan ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; BORNA DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPULSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MISUSE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 2342565064     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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