Hypothalamic hamartomas and gelastic Epilepsy: A spectroscopic study

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1046-1050

  Tasch, E ^b   Cendes, F ^b   Li, L M ^b   Dubeau, F ^b   Montes, J ^b   Rosenblatt, B ^b   Andermann, Frederick ^a   Arnold, D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031684167     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.4.1046     Document Type: Article

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