Berthier ML, Santamaria J, Encabo H, Tolosa ES. Recurrent hypersomnia in two adolescent males with Asperger's syndrome.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1992;
31:735-8. [PMID:
1644738 DOI:
10.1097/00004583-199207000-00023]
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Abstract
Two individuals with Asperger's syndrome, a rare pervasive developmental disorder, developed recurrent episodes of hypersomnia and abnormal behavior (Kleine-Levin syndrome) during adolescence. The possible etiological role of developmental structural brain anomalies and the differential diagnosis of recurrent hypersomnia and abnormal behavior in patients with pervasive developmental disorders are discussed.
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