Endoscopic disconnection for hypothalamic hamartoma with intractable seizure: Report of four cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 506-511

  Choi, Joong Uhn ^a   Yang, Kook Hee ^a   Kim, Tae Gon ^a   Chang, Jong Hee ^a   Chang, Jin Woo ^a   Lee, Byung In ^a   Kim, Dong Seok ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 2142643058     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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