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Kleine-Levin Syndrome: Report of Two Cases with Onset of Symptoms Precipitated by Head Trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. G. Will ,
J. P. R. Young  and
D. J. Thomas
R. G. Will*
Affiliation:
National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London
J. P. R. Young
Affiliation:
St Thomas' Hospital
D. J. Thomas
Affiliation:
St Mary's Hospital, London
*
∗The National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, Maida Vale Hospital, London W9 ITL
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Abstract

Two cases of Kleine-Levin syndrome are described in which the onset of symptoms was temporally related to head injury. The possible aetiological role of trauma and an apparent response to treatment with lithium carbonate are discussed.

Type
Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 3 , March 1988 , pp. 410 - 412
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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