Kleine–Levin Syndrome: History and Brief Review

2008/01/01 by J. Pearce · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Psychology · Medicine · #Sleep and Wakefulness Research #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Circadian rhythm and melatonin #Psychology #Medicine #Psychiatry #Psychoanalysis

paper · doi:10.1159/000148694

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Abstract

Episodic hypersomnia, compulsive excessive eating and erotic behaviour, with schizophrenic-like mental symptoms are the hallmarks of the rare Kleine-Levin syndrome. This paper traces the origins of its description back to the 18th century and the changing concepts of its complex organic-psychogenic aetiology. The eventual, spontaneous disappearance of the syndrome is unexplained.

Citations

• Kleine–Levin syndrome: a systematic review of 186 cases in the literature

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• Kleine–Levin syndrome [wikipedia]

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