An Adolescent with Kleine-levin Syndrome: A Case Report
Kleine-levin syndrome is characterized as a periodic hypersomnia crisis as well as dietary and variable significant psychic symptoms. This report describes the finding on an evaluation of a 15- year- old girl with KLS. She had amnesia to her episodes. All episodes were correlated with menstrual peri...
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| author | Pezhman Ghaem-Maghamy Mirfarhad Ghalebandi Mitra Hakim shooshtary |
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| description | Kleine-levin syndrome is characterized as a periodic hypersomnia crisis as well as dietary and variable significant psychic symptoms. This report describes the finding on an evaluation of a 15- year- old girl with KLS. She had amnesia to her episodes. All episodes were correlated with menstrual period.Polysomnographic finding of this patient was normal with 5 sleep cycles in sleep architecture and sleep efficiency of 99%. Decreasing in stage I, increasing of stage III and IV and decreasing in REM sleep was notable. Dextroamphetamin was given to the patient in order to decrease sleepiness.Kleine-levin syndrome should be considered in patients with periodic hypersomnia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8be2854d867446fcbdb4e46a25e8e53d2022-12-21T18:12:27ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Psychiatry1735-45872008-22152007-08-0123127128An Adolescent with Kleine-levin Syndrome: A Case ReportPezhman Ghaem-MaghamyMirfarhad GhalebandiMitra Hakim shooshtaryKleine-levin syndrome is characterized as a periodic hypersomnia crisis as well as dietary and variable significant psychic symptoms. This report describes the finding on an evaluation of a 15- year- old girl with KLS. She had amnesia to her episodes. All episodes were correlated with menstrual period.Polysomnographic finding of this patient was normal with 5 sleep cycles in sleep architecture and sleep efficiency of 99%. Decreasing in stage I, increasing of stage III and IV and decreasing in REM sleep was notable. Dextroamphetamin was given to the patient in order to decrease sleepiness.Kleine-levin syndrome should be considered in patients with periodic hypersomnia.http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/12105.pdf&manuscript_id=12105AdolescentHypersomniaSleep disorders |
| spellingShingle | Pezhman Ghaem-Maghamy Mirfarhad Ghalebandi Mitra Hakim shooshtary An Adolescent with Kleine-levin Syndrome: A Case Report Iranian Journal of Psychiatry Adolescent Hypersomnia Sleep disorders |
| title | An Adolescent with Kleine-levin Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_full | An Adolescent with Kleine-levin Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | An Adolescent with Kleine-levin Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Adolescent with Kleine-levin Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_short | An Adolescent with Kleine-levin Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_sort | adolescent with kleine levin syndrome a case report |
| topic | Adolescent Hypersomnia Sleep disorders |
| url | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/12105.pdf&manuscript_id=12105 |
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