Role of the hypothalamic hamartoma in the genesis of gelastic fits (a video-stereo-EEG study)

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 154-160

  Munari, C ^a   Kahane, P ^a   Francione, S ^b   Hoffmann, D ^a   Tassi, L ^c   Cusmai, R ^d   Vigevano, F ^d   Pasquier, B ^e   Betti, O O ^f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atonic seizures; Depth electrodes; Epilepsy surgery; Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; LAUGHTER; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0029087794     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(95)00063-5     Document Type: Article

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