Subsidence of seizure induced by stereotactic radiation in a patient with hypothalamic hamartoma. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 645-648

  Arita, Kazunori ^a   Kurisu, Kaoru ^b   Iida, Koji ^b   Hanaya, Ryosuke ^b   Akimitsu, Tomohide ^b   Hibino, Seiichiro ^b   Pant, Basant ^b   Hamasaki, Masatake ^b   Shinagawa, Shoji ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Stereotactic radiation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031661790     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.4.0645     Document Type: Article

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