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Interepisodic Morbidity in Kleine–Levin Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. S. Sagar ,
S. K. Khandelwal  and
Surya Gupta
R. S. Sagar*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, JIPMER, Pondicherry–605006, India, formerly Junior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
S. K. Khandelwal
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Surya Gupta
Affiliation:
Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Three patients with Kleine–Levin syndrome had evidence of interepisodic organic brain dysfunction. This is counter to earlier views that the disorder is benign.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 1 , July 1990 , pp. 139 - 141
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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