The Kleine-Levin Syndrome

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-103

  Huang, Yu Shu ^a,c   Arnulf, Isabelle ^b,c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37349132294     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2005.11.011     Document Type: Review

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