Recognizing and managing the adolescent with Kleine-Levin syndrome.
This report calls attention to the Kleine-Levin Syndrome, a sleep disorder which predominantly occurs in adolescent males. It can easily be mistaken for other psychiatric or neurologic illness. Differential diagnosis and treatment are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D001519:Behavior; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome