Monozygotic twins concordant for Kleine-Levin syndrome

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ueno, Taro ^a,b   Fukuhara, Akira ^b   Ikegami, Azusa ^b   Ohishi, Fumihiro ^b   Kume, Kazuhiko ^a,b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kuwamizu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actimetry; HLA typing; Kleine Levin syndrome; Monozygotic twins; Polysomnography; Recurrent hypersomnia

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; LITHIUM CARBONATE; ZANAMIVIR;

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MONITORING; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; INFLUENZA; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

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

EID: 84861563827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-31     Document Type: Article

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