Linear accelerator stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of gelastic seizures due to hypothalamic hamartoma

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 310-314

  Selch, Michael T ^a   Gorgulho, A ^a   Mattozo, C ^a   Solberg, T D ^a   Cabatan Awang, C ^a   DeSalles, A A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMATOMA; LATENT PERIOD; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29244439950     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-915598     Document Type: Review

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