The treatment of Kleine-Levin syndrome with lithium.
A case of Kleine-Levin Syndrome without megaphagia is described in an adolescent male who responded well to lithium treatment. Seventy-two hours of sleep monitoring during a typical attack revealed decreased stages three and four but no sleep-onset REM period. Recent reports, including the present one, strongly suggest that Lithium Carbonate may be the treatment of choice for the Kleine-Levin Syndrome.
D000293:Adolescent; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008297:Male; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*
D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008094:Lithium