title: A female case with the Kleine-Levin syndrome and its physiopathologic aspects.
abstract: A female case with the Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS), which first occurred at the age of 19, was discussed in relation to the following four characteristics: 1) a female case, 2) a loss of memory and the appearance of slow waves in the pathosis, 3) the abnormal pattern of growth hormone (GH) secretion during sleep in the pathosis, and 4) a prolonged latency between the peaks of III and V in the auditory brainstem response (ABR) in both the pathosis and nonpathosis. These characteristics may suggest that there is a slight disturbance of consciousness in the pathosis, and that there is a functional disturbance in the hypothalamus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kagawa Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukunishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D002032:Bulimia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone