Hypothalamic hamartomas: Control of seizures after partial removal in one case;Hamartomas hipotalámicos: Control de las crisis después de la exéresis parcial en un caso

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-122

  Pascual Castroviejo, I ^a   Moneo, J H L ^a   Viano J ^b   Garcia Segura J M ^b   Herguido, M J ^a   Pascual Pascual, S I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Resonancia Magnetica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Gelastic epilepsy; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Laughter seizures; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN DISEASES; CHOLINE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CREATINE; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034674813     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3102.2000014     Document Type: Article

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