Kleine-Levin Syndrome: Two Cases
Kleine-Levin syndrome is a rare disease characterized by periodic hypersomnia, cognitive impairment, and behavioral disorders, such as hyperphagia and hypersexuality. It is common among adolescents and males. It has an unknown etiology. Two patients were discussed with the backings of literature in...
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| description | Kleine-Levin syndrome is a rare disease characterized by periodic hypersomnia, cognitive impairment, and behavioral disorders, such as hyperphagia and hypersexuality. It is common among adolescents and males. It has an unknown etiology. Two patients were discussed with the backings of literature in order to increase the awareness of clinicians, considering that there is a limited information regarding the syndrome. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-374b8877326a416ead09620940e87e772023-02-15T16:08:08ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Nöroloji Dergisi1309-25452021-12-0127442642910.4274/tnd.2021.85353Kleine-Levin Syndrome: Two CasesGaye Yıldırım0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5699-5666Ayşen Süzen Ekinci1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4122-4532Ordu State Hospital, Clinic of Neurophysiology, Ordu, TurkeyIzmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Neurophysiology, Izmir, TurkeyKleine-Levin syndrome is a rare disease characterized by periodic hypersomnia, cognitive impairment, and behavioral disorders, such as hyperphagia and hypersexuality. It is common among adolescents and males. It has an unknown etiology. Two patients were discussed with the backings of literature in order to increase the awareness of clinicians, considering that there is a limited information regarding the syndrome.https://tjn.org.tr/jvi.aspx?pdir=tjn&plng=eng&un=TJN-85353&look4=kleine-levin syndromehypersomniapolysomnographymultiple sleep latency test |
| spellingShingle | Gaye Yıldırım Ayşen Süzen Ekinci Kleine-Levin Syndrome: Two Cases Türk Nöroloji Dergisi kleine-levin syndrome hypersomnia polysomnography multiple sleep latency test |
| title | Kleine-Levin Syndrome: Two Cases |
| title_full | Kleine-Levin Syndrome: Two Cases |
| title_fullStr | Kleine-Levin Syndrome: Two Cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kleine-Levin Syndrome: Two Cases |
| title_short | Kleine-Levin Syndrome: Two Cases |
| title_sort | kleine levin syndrome two cases |
| topic | kleine-levin syndrome hypersomnia polysomnography multiple sleep latency test |
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