Sleep Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 347-350 , July 2001

Hypersomnia due to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a 5-year-old girl

  • Takashi Kanbayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8345, Japan
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  • Atsuko Goto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8345, Japan
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  • Yasuo Hishikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8345, Japan
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  • Yuji Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8345, Japan
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  • Yasushi Saito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8345, Japan
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  • Yuriko Ogawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8345, Japan
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  • Junya Sugawara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8345, Japan
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  • Goro Takada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8345, Japan
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  • Tetsuo Shimizu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8345, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-18-884-6122; fax +81-18-884-6445

Received 30 May 2000 ,Revised 18 September 2000 ,Accepted 29 September 2000.

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Sleep Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 347-350 , July 2001

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