Ictal laughter associated with paroxysmal hypothalamopituitary dysfunction

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 114-117

  Arroyo, Santiago ^a,c   Santamarí, Joan ^c   Sanmartí, Francesc ^c   Lomeña, Francisco ^b   Catafau, Ana ^a   Casamitjana, Roser ^b   Setoain, Javier ^c   Tolosa, Eduardo ^c  

^a Servicio de Neurología   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Medicina Nuclear   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Hypothalamopituitary axis; Hypothalamus; Laughter

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LAUGHTER; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; SEIZURES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031034340     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01085.x     Document Type: Article

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