Transcallosal resection of hypothalamic hamartomas in patients with intractable epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 257-265

  Harvey, A Simon ^a,b,d   Freeman, Jeremy L ^a,b,d   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,b,d   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Epilepsy; Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Surgery; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIATHERMY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MEMORY DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1142286499     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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