Episodic diencephalic hypoperfusion in Kleine-Levin syndrome

Sleep

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1091-1093

  Hong, Seung Bong ^a   Joo, Eun Yeon ^b   Suk Tae, Woo ^a   Lee, Jaewoo ^c   Han, Sun Jung ^a   Lee, Hyang Woon ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypersomnia; Hypothalamus; Kleine Levin syndrome; SPECT; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; DIENCEPHALON; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 33747466841     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/29.8.1091     Document Type: Article

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