A case of hypothalamic hamartoma with refractory seizures: Successful treatment with gamma knife surgery

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-69

  Ogino, Wakako ^a   Soma, Osamu ^a  

^a KOBE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COGNITION; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; SEIZURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MALE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037275655     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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