Gamma knife radiosurgery for hypothalamic hamartomas in patients with medically intractable epilepsy and precocious puberty

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 726-731

  Unger, Frank ^a   Schröttner, Oskar ^b   Haselsberger, Klaus ^b   Körner, Eva ^b   Ploier, Robert ^b   Pendl, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Precocious puberty; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0343673783     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.4.0726     Document Type: Article

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