Endoscopic surgery for hypothalamic hamartomas causing medically refractory gelastic epilepsy

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 874-880

  Rekate, Harold L ^a   Feiz Erfan, Iman ^a   Ng, Yu Tze ^a   Gonzalez, L Fernando ^a   Kerrigan, John F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Gelastic epilepsy; Hamartoma; Hypothalamic; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; INFANT; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROMANIPULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746286914     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0125-4     Document Type: Review

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