The hypothalamic hamartoma: A model of subcortical epileptogenesis and encephalopathy

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-131

  Kerrigan, John F ^a,b   Ng, Yu Tze ^a,b   Chung, Steven ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Secondary epileptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE TARGETING; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; DIET THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROCTOSCOPY; PSYCHOSURGERY;

EID: 22044458058     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2005.04.002     Document Type: Review

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