Hypothalamic hamartoma and seizures: A treatable epileptic encephalopathy

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 969-973

  Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,b,c   Arzimanoglou, Alexis ^d   Kuzniecky, Ruben ^e   Harvey, A Simon ^a,f   Palmini, Andre ^g   Andermann, Frederick ^c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; GAMMA KNIFE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037815421     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.59102.x     Document Type: Review

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