Sleeping Beauty Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of Female Cases ... Kleine–Levin syndrome (KLS), also called “Sleeping beauty syndrome” is a rare, ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListIndianJPsycholMedv.39(3);May-Jun2017PMC5461852IndianJPsycholMed.2017May-Jun;39(3):357–360.doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.207319PMCID:PMC5461852PMID:28615776SleepingBeautySyndrome:ACaseReportandReviewofFemaleCasesReportedfromIndiaNareshNebhinaniandNavratanSutharNareshNebhinaniDepartmentofPsychiatry,AllIndiaInstituteofMedicalScience,Jodhpur,Rajasthan,IndiaFindarticlesbyNareshNebhinaniNavratanSutharDepartmentofPsychiatry,AllIndiaInstituteofMedicalScience,Jodhpur,Rajasthan,IndiaFindarticlesbyNavratanSutharAuthorinformationCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimerDepartmentofPsychiatry,AllIndiaInstituteofMedicalScience,Jodhpur,Rajasthan,IndiaAddressforcorrespondence:Dr.NareshNebhinaniDepartmentofPsychiatry,AllIndiaInstituteofMedicalScience,Jodhpur-342005,Rajasthan,India.E-mail:moc.oohay@igp_hseranrdCopyright:©2017IndianPsychiatricSocietyThisisanopenaccessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike3.0License,whichallowsotherstoremix,tweak,andbuildupontheworknon-commercially,aslongastheauthoriscreditedandthenewcreationsarelicensedundertheidenticalterms.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Kleine–Levinsyndrome(KLS),alsocalled“Sleepingbeautysyndrome”isarare,disorderpredominantlyreportedinadolescentmales,characterizedbyrecurrentepisodesofhypersomniaandtovariousdegrees,hyperphagia,cognitivedisturbances,andhypersexuality.Here,wearereportingacaseofamiddle-agedfemale,with16yearsdelayindiagnosingKLS,poorresponsetomostofthepsychotropics,exceptgoodresponsetoacombinationoflithium,sertraline,andmodafinilforlast12monthsandalsoreviewingotherfemalecaseswithKLSreportedfromIndia.Keywords:India,Kleine–Levinsyndrome,Kleine–Levinsyndromeinfemale,lithium,sleepingbeautysyndromeKleine–Levinsyndrome(K