Hypothalamic hamartoma and epilepsy: The pathway of discovery

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 173-175

  Andermann, Frederick ^a   Arzimanoglou, Alexis ^b   Berkovi, Samuel F ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GELASTIC SEIZURE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLISTER HALL SYNDROME; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPIKE WAVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 1142298663     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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