Kleine-Levin Syndrome - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Kleine-Levin syndrome]

29 Apr 2009 KLeine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) is a rare disease characterized by recurrent episodes of hypersomnia associated with cognitive and behavioral disturbances, compulsive eating behavior and hypersexuality. Episodes are separated by weeks or months of ... Read more...

Working memory in 8 Kleine-Levin syndrome patients: an fMRI study.

29 Apr 2009 STUDY OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to investigate possible neuropathology behind the Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS), a severe form of hypersomnia with onset during adolescence. DESIGN: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) ... Read more...

[Kleine-Levin syndrome: state of the art]

21 Jul 2008 INTRODUCTION: Kleine-Levin syndrome is a rare neurological disorder (1-2 cases per million inhabitants) primarily affecting young subjects. It is characterized by relapsing-remitting episodes of hypersomnia in association with cognitive and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Kleine-Levin Syndrome - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Kleine-Levin syndrome] 29 Apr 2009
• Working memory in 8 Kleine-Levin syndrome patients: an fMRI study. 29 Apr 2009
• [Kleine-Levin syndrome: state of the art] 21 Jul 2008
• Observation of a nervous disease attended by disturbed sleep, at times lethargic and at times convulsive. Edmé Chauvot de Beauchêne (1786). 30 Aug 2007
• Kleine-Levin syndrome mimicking mania. 29 Apr 2007
• Kleine-Levin syndrome: a systematic review of 186 cases in the literature. 15 Oct 2005
• [Kleine Levin syndrome and sleep-related eating disorder] 29 Jun 2003
• Persistent neuropsychological deficits in the Kleine-Levin syndrome. 30 Mar 2003
• Kleine-Levin syndrome: an autoimmune hypothesis based on clinical and genetic analyses. 8 Dec 2002
• [Sleep disorders and child and adolescent psychiatric illnesses] 30 Jul 2002
• A case of Kleine-Levin syndrome examined with SPECT and neuropsychological testing. 30 Mar 2002
• A case report of Kleine-Levin syndrome in an adolescent girl. 29 Jun 2001
• [Kleine-Levin syndrome] 27 Feb 2001
• [Klein-Levin syndrome: a neurological disease with psychiatric symptoms] 29 Jun 2000
• Neuropsychological sequelae in Kleine-Levin syndrome: case report. 30 May 2000
• The mind-body harmony. 30 Dec 1999
• The Kleine-Levin syndrome as a neuropsychiatric disorder: a case report. 30 Dec 1999
• The psychiatric symptomatology in Kleine-Levin syndrome. 30 Dec 1998
• A clinical study of Kleine-Levin syndrome with evidence for hypothalamic-pituitary axis dysfunction. 13 Aug 1997
• [Comment on J. Martinius: Periodic psychosis in adolescence] 29 Nov 1993

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Technical information about 'Kleine-Levin Syndrome'

Definition: A rare condition characterized by recurrent hypersomnias associated with hyperphagia, occurring primarily in males in the second to third decade of life. Clinical features include mental confusion, excessive sleep requirements (approximately 18 hours per day), restlessness, and in some cases hallucinations. Episodes have a duration of days to weeks, and may recur several times per year. This condition may resolve spontaneously over several years. (From Adams, et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p569)

Descriptor UI: D017593

Alternative terms: Kleine-Levin Syndrome; Kleine Levin Syndrome; Syndrome, Kleine-Levin; Kleine-Levin-Critchley Syndrome; Kleine Levin Critchley Syndrome; Syndrome, Kleine-Levin-Critchley; Hypersomnia, Periodic; Periodic Hypersomnia; Periodic Hypersomnias;

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Tree Number: C10.886.425.800.200.500; F03.870.400.800.200.500;

History Note: 94