Stereotactic radiofrequency ablation for sessile hypothalamic hamartoma with an image fusion technique

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 697-701

  Fujimoto, Y ^a   Kato, Amami ^a   Saitoh, Y ^a   Ninomiya, H ^a   Imai, K ^a   Sakakibara, R I ^a   Maruno, M ^a   Kishima, H ^a   Yoshimura, K ^a   Hasegawa, H ^a   Yoshimine, T ^a   Bosch, D A ^b   Ostertag, C ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Image fusion; Stereotactic radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LEUPRORELIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042330253     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0077-3     Document Type: Article

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