Surgical treatment of hypothalamic hamartoma and refractory seizures: A case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-42

  Kramer, Uri ^a   Spector, Sergey ^b,c   Nasser, Walid ^d   Siomin, Vitali ^b,c   Fried, Itzhak ^b,c   Constantini, Shlomi ^b,c  

^a Child Developmental Center   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Pkiine Clinic   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic hamartoma; Seizures; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL BONE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TELEMETRY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0035086707     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055990     Document Type: Article

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