Kleine-Levin Syndrome

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Miglis, Mitchell G ^a   Guilleminault, Christian ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Derealization; Hyperphagia; Hypersexuality; Hypersomnia; Kleine Levin syndrome; Sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMANTADINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM SALT; MODAFINIL; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXYBATE SODIUM; PHENYTOIN; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; KLUVER BUCY SYNDROME; LYME DISEASE; MENSTRUATION; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PORPHYRIA; PROGNOSIS; REST; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROLOGY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84964929940     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-016-0653-6     Document Type: Review

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