A striking response to lithium in Kleine Levin syndrome

A striking response to lithium in Kleine Levin syndrome

Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) is an episodic hypersomnia with cognitive disturbances such as confusion, apathy and derealisation. Hyperphagia and hyper sexuality occur in around 50% of cases. No evidence-based treatments have been established for Kleine Levin syndrome. Many drugs have been tried, most...

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Main Author: Olafur eSveinsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Hypothalamus
Kleine-Levin Syndrome
Lithium
Cognitive Disorders
Hypersomnia
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00033/full
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spelling doaj-e5167db692bd4244a5bfa7f500ce388a2020-11-24T22:32:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurology1664-22952014-03-01510.3389/fneur.2014.0003381914A striking response to lithium in Kleine Levin syndromeOlafur eSveinsson0Department of Neurology, Karolinska University HospitalKleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) is an episodic hypersomnia with cognitive disturbances such as confusion, apathy and derealisation. Hyperphagia and hyper sexuality occur in around 50% of cases. No evidence-based treatments have been established for Kleine Levin syndrome. Many drugs have been tried, most often with little success. Here a case with a striking response to lithium is presented.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00033/fullHypothalamusKleine-Levin SyndromeLithiumCognitive DisordersHypersomnia
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A striking response to lithium in Kleine Levin syndrome
Frontiers in Neurology
Hypothalamus
Kleine-Levin Syndrome
Lithium
Cognitive Disorders
Hypersomnia
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title A striking response to lithium in Kleine Levin syndrome
title_short A striking response to lithium in Kleine Levin syndrome
title_full A striking response to lithium in Kleine Levin syndrome
title_fullStr A striking response to lithium in Kleine Levin syndrome
title_full_unstemmed A striking response to lithium in Kleine Levin syndrome
title_sort striking response to lithium in kleine levin syndrome
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
series Frontiers in Neurology
issn 1664-2295
publishDate 2014-03-01
description Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) is an episodic hypersomnia with cognitive disturbances such as confusion, apathy and derealisation. Hyperphagia and hyper sexuality occur in around 50% of cases. No evidence-based treatments have been established for Kleine Levin syndrome. Many drugs have been tried, most often with little success. Here a case with a striking response to lithium is presented.
topic Hypothalamus
Kleine-Levin Syndrome
Lithium
Cognitive Disorders
Hypersomnia
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00033/full
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