[Kleine-Levin-syndrome (author's transl)].
A report is given on a 18 year old girl with a Kleine-Levin-syndrome, which was studied 4 years after beginning in the menarche. At first there were only attacks of nausea and vertigo. One year later the attacks were combined with hypersomnia for several hours. Remarkable was a minimal overirritability of the right vestibular system and a slight hypersensitivity to touch and pain on the whole right side. Worth mentioning is also a disturbed water balance (retention). A disturbance of the hypothalamic regulation is supposed and methylphenidate-hydrochloride (Rilatin) is commanded for treatment.
D000293:Adolescent; D001834:Body Water; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000150:complications*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000150:complications*; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome
D008774:Methylphenidate
Das Kleine-Levin-Syndrom.