Stereotactic surgical approach to hypothalamic hamartomas

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-280

  Kuzniecky, Ruben I ^a,b   Guthrie, Barton L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

Gelastic epilepsy; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1142286528     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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