Biomaterial Database

Kleine-Levin syndrome in an 82 year old man. 1992

R Badino, and A Caja, and I Del Conte, and C Guida, and M Ivaldi

Divisione Neurologica, Ospedale S. Corona di Pietra Ligure, Savona.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006963	Hyperphagia	Ingestion of a greater than optimal quantity of food.	Overeating,Polyphagia,Polyphagias
D006970	Disorders of Excessive Somnolence	Disorders characterized by hypersomnolence during normal waking hours that may impair cognitive functioning. Subtypes include primary hypersomnia disorders (e.g., IDIOPATHIC HYPERSOMNOLENCE; NARCOLEPSY; and KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME) and secondary hypersomnia disorders where excessive somnolence can be attributed to a known cause (e.g., drug affect, MENTAL DISORDERS, and SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME). (From J Neurol Sci 1998 Jan 8;153(2):192-202; Thorpy, Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 2nd ed, p320)	Daytime Sleepiness,Daytime Somnolence,Excessive Daytime Sleepiness,Hypersomnia,Hypersomnolence,Primary Hypersomnia Disorders,Secondary Hypersomnia Disorders,DOES (Disorders of Excessive Somnolence),Excessive Somnolence Disorders,Hypersomnia, Recurrent,Hypersomnolence Disorders,Hypersomnolence Disorders, Primary,Hypersomnolence Disorders, Secondary,Primary Hypersomnolence Disorders,Secondary Hypersomnolence Disorders,DOESs (Disorders of Excessive Somnolence),Daytime Sleepiness, Excessive,Daytime Sleepinesses,Daytime Somnolences,Excessive Daytime Sleepinesses,Excessive Somnolence Disorder,Hypersomnia Disorder, Primary,Hypersomnia Disorder, Secondary,Hypersomnias,Hypersomnolence Disorder,Hypersomnolence Disorder, Primary,Hypersomnolence Disorder, Secondary,Primary Hypersomnia Disorder,Primary Hypersomnolence Disorder,Recurrent Hypersomnia,Recurrent Hypersomnias,Secondary Hypersomnia Disorder,Secondary Hypersomnolence Disorder,Sleepiness, Daytime,Sleepiness, Excessive Daytime,Somnolence Disorder, Excessive,Somnolence, Daytime
D008297	Male		Males
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D000437	Alcoholism	A primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial. Each of these symptoms may be continuous or periodic. (Morse & Flavin for the Joint Commission of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to Study the Definition and Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alcoholism: in JAMA 1992;268:1012-4)	Alcohol Abuse,Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic,Ethanol Abuse,Alcohol Addiction,Alcohol Dependence,Alcohol Use Disorder,Abuse, Alcohol,Abuse, Ethanol,Addiction, Alcohol,Alcohol Use Disorders,Chronic Alcoholic Intoxication,Dependence, Alcohol,Intoxication, Chronic Alcoholic,Use Disorders, Alcohol
D001523	Mental Disorders	Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.	Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders
D013577	Syndrome	A characteristic symptom complex.	Symptom Cluster,Cluster, Symptom,Clusters, Symptom,Symptom Clusters,Syndromes