title: Kleine-Levin syndrome: history and brief review.
abstract: Episodic hypersomnia, compulsive excessive eating and erotic behaviour, with schizophrenic-like mental symptoms are the hallmarks of the rare Kleine-Levin syndrome. This paper traces the origins of its description back to the 18th century and the changing concepts of its complex organic-psychogenic aetiology. The eventual, spontaneous disappearance of the syndrome is unexplained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK.
authors.forename: J M S
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D017593:Kleine-Levin Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history* / Q000503:physiopathology*