Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 172-176 , January 2008

Atypical Kleine–Levin syndrome: Can insomnia and anorexia be features too?

Received 31 August 2006 ,Revised 23 February 2007 ,Accepted 23 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.03.016

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 172-176 , January 2008

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