Kleine-Levin Syndrome: Report of Two Cases with Onset of Symptoms Precipitated by Head Trauma
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 152 (3) , 410-412
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.152.3.410
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.Keywords
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