The treatment of Kleine-Levin syndrome with lithium.

Abstract

A case of Kleine-Levin Syndrome without megaphagia is described in an adolescent male who responded well to lithium treatment. Seventy-two hours of sleep monitoring during a typical attack revealed decreased stages three and four but no sleep-onset REM period. Recent reports, including the present one, strongly suggest that Lithium Carbonate may be the treatment of choice for the Kleine-Levin Syndrome.

• Authors: M A Goldberg
• Journal: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (Can J Psychiatry) Vol. 28 Issue 6 Pg. 491-3 (Oct 1983) ISSN: 0706-7437 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6416662 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Lithium Carbonate
• Lithium

Topics

• Adolescent
• Disorders of Excessive Somnolence (drug therapy, psychology)
• Feeding and Eating Disorders (drug therapy)
• Humans
• Hyperphagia (drug therapy, psychology)
• Lithium (therapeutic use)
• Lithium Carbonate
• Male
• Sleep Wake Disorders (drug therapy)