title: Kleine-Levin syndrome: case report.
abstract: A case of Kleine-Levin syndrome in a fourteen year old junior high school female student is described. The episodic disorder was characterised by excessive sleep, voracious appetite, irritability, confusion and electro-encephalographic changes. Remission was spontaneous. Prospects for organic aetiology, differential diagnosis, and the importance of early detection are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba-Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: I O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Malomo
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lawal
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Orija
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017593:Kleine-Levin Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D009549:Nigeria; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous