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Abstract
A 30 year old male soldier suffered from five episodes of hypersomnia. Each episode was associated with megaphagia, mental confusion, irritability, coenesthopathic hallucinations and sexual disinhibition. The average duration of each episode was ten weeks with symptomfree intervals ranging from two weeks to one year. The patient responded well to treatment with carbamazepine and fenfluramine.Entities:
Keywords: Disorders of excessive somnolence (DOES); Kleine – Levin syndrome; Periodic hypersomnolence
Year: 2017 PMID： 28790559 PMCID： PMC5533111 DOI： 10.1016/S0377-1237(17)31071-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med J Armed Forces India ISSN： 0377-1237