Voluminous hypothalamic hamartoma in a 5-month-old boy: Epilepsy and surgery;Voluminoso hamartoma hipotalámico en un niño de 5 meses: Epilepsia y cirugía

Neurocirugia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 294-297

  Arán, Eduardo ^a,b   Pereira, J ^a   Castro, L ^a   Vaz, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central nervous system hamartoma; Gelastic crises; Hypothalamic hamartoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 3042774590     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1473(04)70487-X     Document Type: Article

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