Kleine-levin syndrome: clinical course, polysomnography and multiple sleep latency test. Case report

A case of Kleine-Levin syndrome, with chronic severe periodic hypersomnia is described in a 17-year-old female. The first episode started when she was 15 years old. The episodes were characterized by periodic hypersomnia accompanied by hyperphagia, lasting 5 days, and repeating at 28 to 60 day inter...

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Main Authors: RUBENS REIMÃO, MARISA H. SHIMIZU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1998-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1998000400021&tlng=en