KLEINE LEVIN SYNDROME

Affiliations

¹ Ex Consultant (Psychiatry), Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow 226 002.
² Graded Specialist (Psychiatry), Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow 226 002.
³ Medical Officer (Psychiatry), SSQ, 402 Air Force Station, Kanpur.
⁴ Senior Trainee (Psychiatry), Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow 226 002.
⁵ Classified Specialist (Medicine & Neurology), Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow 226 002.

Case Reports

P K Chakraborty et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2001 Oct.

. 2001 Oct;57(4):335-6.

doi: 10.1016/S0377-1237(01)80019-8. Epub 2011 Jul 21.

¹ Ex Consultant (Psychiatry), Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow 226 002.
² Graded Specialist (Psychiatry), Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow 226 002.
³ Medical Officer (Psychiatry), SSQ, 402 Air Force Station, Kanpur.
⁴ Senior Trainee (Psychiatry), Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow 226 002.
⁵ Classified Specialist (Medicine & Neurology), Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow 226 002.

No abstract available

Keywords: Hypersomnolence; Kleine Levin Syndrome.

References

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