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A Female Case with the Kleine‐Levin Syndrome and Its Physiopathologic Aspects
Author(s) -
Fukunishi Isao,
Hosokawa Kiyoshi
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1989.tb02549.x
Subject(s) - brainstem , latency (audio) , disturbance (geology) , hypothalamus , audiology , psychology , medicine , pediatrics , neuroscience , biology , paleontology , electrical engineering , engineering
A female case with the Kleine‐Levin syndrome (KLS), which first occurred at the age of 19, was discussed in relation to the following four characteristics: 1) a female case, 2) a loss of memory and the appearance of slow waves in the pathosis, 3) the abnormal pattern of growth hormone (GH) secretion during sleep in the pathosis, and 4) a prolonged latency between the peaks of III and V in the auditory brainstem response (ABR) in both the pathosis and nonpathosis. These characteristics may suggest that there is a slight disturbance of consciousness in the pathosis, and that there is a functional disturbance in the hypothalamus.