Unusual case of Klüver-Bucy syndrome in a Chinese boy

Following an encephalopathic illness, a 13-year-old Chinese boy had a partial form of Klüver-Bucy syndrome with emotional disturbance, recent memory loss, hypersexuality, and polyphagia. Other unusual features included narcolepsy, polydipsia, and polyuria. Virologic studies failed to incriminate the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric neurology 1991-09, Vol.7 (5), p.385-388
Hauptverfasser:	Wong, Virginia C.N., Wong, Michael T.H., Ng, Thomas H.K., Chang, Chi-Mai, Fung, Ching-Fai
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Alzheimer Disease - pathology Astrocytes - pathology Biological and medical sciences Biopsy Brain - pathology Brain Diseases - complications Brain Diseases - pathology Feeding and Eating Disorders - complications Humans Male Medical sciences Memory Disorders - complications Mood Disorders - complications Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Nervous system as a whole Neurology Neuropsychological Tests Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological - complications Syndrome
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Zusammenfassung:	Following an encephalopathic illness, a 13-year-old Chinese boy had a partial form of Klüver-Bucy syndrome with emotional disturbance, recent memory loss, hypersexuality, and polyphagia. Other unusual features included narcolepsy, polydipsia, and polyuria. Virologic studies failed to incriminate the etiologic agent, including herpes simplex virus. Brain biopsy of the frontal lobe demonstrated Alzheimer type II astrocytosis.
ISSN:	0887-8994 1873-5150
DOI:	10.1016/0887-8994(91)90072-S