Tuber cinereum hamartomas and gelastic epilepsy

Rivista di Neuroradiologia

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 643-652

  Cirillo, S ^a   Caranci, F ^a   Briganti, F ^a   D'Amico, A ^a   Striano, S ^a   Elefante, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tuber cinereum hamartoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INFANT; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033369972     PISSN: 11209976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/197140099901200505     Document Type: Article

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