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Kluver-Bucy syndrome is a rare amalgamation of neurobehavioural signs and symptoms seen infrequently in humans following insult to bilateral temporal lobes. This report presents a case which along with emerging symptoms of Kluver-Bucy syndrome, developed Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) consequent to viral encephalitis. The case highlights the presentation and management of this syndrome in a six-year-old girl with primary focus on the implications of Kluver-Bucy symptoms in current clinical practice involving neurobehavioural syndromes in children.
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Duggal, H.S., Jain, R., Sinha, V.K. et al. Post-encephalitic kluver-bucy syndrome. Indian J Pediatr 67, 74–76 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02802651
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