Epilepsy and hypothalamic hamartoma: Look at the hand Pallister-Hall syndrome

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-30

  Kremer, Stéphane ^a   Minotti, Lorella ^a   Thiriaux, Anne ^a   Grand, Sylvie ^a   Satre, Véronique ^a   Le Bas, Jean Francois ^a   Kahane, Philippe ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic hamartoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pallister Hall syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 7P; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT SURGERY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; LIMB DEFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLISTER HALL SYNDROME; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037986400     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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