Kleine-Levin Syndrome: Current Status

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 557-562

  Huang, Yu Shu ^a   Lakkis, Clair ^b   Guilleminault, Christian ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kleine Levin syndrome; Periodic hypersomnia; Thalamic hypoperfusion; Upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; LITHIUM; MODAFINIL; PLACEBO;

BRAIN PERFUSION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77951671649     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2010.02.011     Document Type: Review

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