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Kleine-Levin syndrome misdiagnosed as schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

F Bonnet ,
F Thibaut ,
D Levillain  and
M Petit
F Bonnet
Affiliation:
University Department on Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatric Hospital, 4 rue Paul-Eluard, F-76301 Sotteville-Les-Rouen, France
F Thibaut*
Affiliation:
University Department on Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatric Hospital, 4 rue Paul-Eluard, F-76301 Sotteville-Les-Rouen, France
D Levillain
Affiliation:
University Department on Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatric Hospital, 4 rue Paul-Eluard, F-76301 Sotteville-Les-Rouen, France
M Petit
Affiliation:
University Department on Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatric Hospital, 4 rue Paul-Eluard, F-76301 Sotteville-Les-Rouen, France
*
*Correspondence and reprints.
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Summary

A 27 year-old man initially considered as a schizophrenic patient was later diagnosed as having Kleine-Levin syndrome.

Keywords

Kleine-Levin syndromeschizophrenia
Type
Case-report
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , 1996 , pp. 104 - 105
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1996

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