Gelastic seizures and low-grade hypothalamic astrocytoma: A case report

Brain and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-186

  Coppola, Giangennaro ^a   Spagnoli, Diego ^b   Sciscio, Nicola ^a   Russo, Francesco ^a   Villani, Roberto Matteo ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic astrocytoma; Hypothalamus; Refractory epilepsy; Transcallosal resection

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036204677     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(02)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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