Hypothalamic hamartomas and seizures: Distinct natural history of isolated and pallister-hall syndrome cases

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-47

  Boudreau, Eilis A ^a   Liow, Kore ^a   Frattali, Carol M ^b   Wiggs, Edith ^a   Turner, Joyce T ^d   Feuillan, Penelope ^c   Sato, Susumu ^a   Patsalides, Athos ^b   Patronas, Nicholas ^b   Biesecker, Leslie G ^d   Theodore, William H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hall syndrome; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Pallister; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CAFFEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PALLISTER HALL SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SEIZURES;

EID: 19944430992     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.68303.x     Document Type: Review

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