Intrinsic epileptogenesis of hypothalamic hamartomas in gelastic epilepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-67

  Kuzniecky, Ruben ^a,e   Guthrie, Barthon ^b   Mountz, James ^c   Bebin, Martina ^d   Faught, Edward ^a   Gilliam, Frank ^a   Liu, Hong Gang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e University Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMUS;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOSURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030797419     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420111     Document Type: Article

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