Transcallosal resection of hypothalamic hamartoma for intractable epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1192-1202

  Ng, Yu Tze ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^a   Prenger, Erin C ^a   Chung, Steve S ^a   Feiz Erfan, Iman ^a   Wang, Norman C ^a   Varland, Maggie R ^a   Kerrigan, John F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete resection yields the best result; Epilepsy; Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Secondary epileptogenesis

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746164324     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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