Psychosis in a Case of Kleine-Levin Syndrome: A Diagnostic Challenge

Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) is a rare disorder of sleep diagnosed mainly on clinical grounds. It presents a unique diagnostic dilemma for neurologists and psychiatrists; especially due to a high risk of being diagnosed as a psychiatric condition like a mood disorder. However, there is literature ava...

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Autores principales: Murthy, Vasantmeghna Srinivasa, Kelkar, Amol Deepak, Sonavane, Sushma Sanjiv
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24860224
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.130993
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author Murthy, Vasantmeghna Srinivasa
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description Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) is a rare disorder of sleep diagnosed mainly on clinical grounds. It presents a unique diagnostic dilemma for neurologists and psychiatrists; especially due to a high risk of being diagnosed as a psychiatric condition like a mood disorder. However, there is literature available documenting the cooccurrence of psychiatric illnesses in patients diagnosed with KLS. The following case highlights the above points.
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spelling pubmed-40315912014-05-23 Psychosis in a Case of Kleine-Levin Syndrome: A Diagnostic Challenge Murthy, Vasantmeghna Srinivasa Kelkar, Amol Deepak Sonavane, Sushma Sanjiv Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) is a rare disorder of sleep diagnosed mainly on clinical grounds. It presents a unique diagnostic dilemma for neurologists and psychiatrists; especially due to a high risk of being diagnosed as a psychiatric condition like a mood disorder. However, there is literature available documenting the cooccurrence of psychiatric illnesses in patients diagnosed with KLS. The following case highlights the above points. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4031591/ /pubmed/24860224 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.130993 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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