The endocrinology of hypothalamic hamartoma surgery for intractable epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 239-247

  Freeman, Jeremy L ^a,b,c,d,f,g   Zacharin, Margaret ^b   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a,e   Harvey, A Simon ^a,b,d,f,g  

^a Children's Epilepsy Program   (Australia)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central precocious puberty; Epilepsy surgery; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Hypothalamic pituitary axis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HAMARTOMA; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; OSMOREGULATION; POLYURIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THYROID FUNCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 1142310802     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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