Comorbid Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in a Patient With Kleine-Levin Syndrome
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This case report describes an adolescent boy suffering from alternating episodes of Kleine-Levin syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive disorder. His mother and brother suffered from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Comorbid ObsessiveCompulsive disorder with Kleine-Levin syndrome is still not reported in literature. Probably reported for the first time ever, this case may give important clue about the pathophysiology of the extremely rare Kleine-Levin syndrome (German J Psychiatry 2007; 10: 1-).
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