Monozygotic twins affected with Kleine-Levin syndrome

Sleep

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 595-596

  Peraita Adrados, Rosa ^a   Vicario, José L ^b   Tafti, Mehdi ^c   De León, Manuel Garciá ^d   Billiard, Michel ^e  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Blood Center of the Community of Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d Sleep Unit   (Spain)

^e GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB4 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB5 ANTIGEN; LITHIUM CARBONATE;

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 15; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; ILLUSION; IRRITABILITY; LETTER; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME; MALE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84860630610     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1808     Document Type: Letter

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