Hypothalamic hamartoma in adults

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 201-204

  Mullatti, Nandini ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OCCUPATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMNOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RADIOSURGERY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 1142274420     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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