Psychiatric aspects of patients with hypothalamic hamartoma and epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 229-234

  Savard, Ghislaine ^a,b,c   Bhanji, Nadee H ^b,c   Dubeau, François ^a,b   Andermann, Frederick ^a,b   Sadikot, Abbas ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Allan Memorial Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavior; Epilepsy; Hamartoma; Hypothalamus; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; RAGE;

EID: 1142286538     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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