A case of hypothalamic hamartoma manifesting gelastic seizure and multifocal independent seizure loci

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-310

  Kitajima, Kazuhito ^a   Ikeda, Akio ^a   Terada, Kiyohito ^a   Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Kimura, Jun ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Mimetic facial palsy; Positron emission tomography (PET); Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FACE ASYMMETRY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; LAUGHTER; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031830701     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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