Hypothalamic hamartoma with gelastic seizures in Swedish children and adolescents

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-44

  Brandberg, Göran ^a   Raininko, Raili ^b   Eeg Olofsson, Orvar ^c  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Epilepsy; Gelastic Seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 1342304424     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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