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Case report| Volume 21, ISSUE 13, P1301-1304, November 1986

Kleine-levin syndrome following acute viral encephalitis

  • Arnold E. Merriam
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    Address reprint requests to Dr. Arnold E. Merriam, Department of Psychiatry, Room 1022, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Pelham Parkway and Eastchester Road, Bronx, NY 10461.
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    From the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, and the Department of Psychiatry, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Bronx, NYUSA
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