A case of PANDAS with Kleine-Levin type periodic hypersomnia

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-320

  Das, Abhijit ^a   Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Episodic hypersomnia; Group A Streptococcus infection; Kleine Levin syndrome; PANDAS; Penicillin prophylaxis; Sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE B ANTIBODY; ENZYME ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONFUSION; DECREASED APPETITE; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DISORIENTATION; DREAM; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPERSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP TIME; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIC; WAKEFULNESS;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME; PENICILLINS; REMISSION INDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84857235708     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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