Kleine–Levin syndrome in a 74-year-old female
✍ Scribed by R. Brown; M. T. Malcolm
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 223 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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✦ Synopsis
Kleine-Levin syndrome characteristically occurs in young men. We describe a case in a 74-year-old woman suggesting that the syndrome may not be confined to a particular age group or to the male sex.
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