Epilepsy surgery, hypothalamic hamartomas and the quest for a cure

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 653-659

  Rosenfeld, J V ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing world; Epilepsy surgery; Hypothalamic hamartoma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; KETOGENIC DIET; MORBIDITY; NERVE STIMULATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; ARTICLE; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0036776933     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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