The histopathology of hypothalamic hamartomas: Study of 57 cases

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-141

  Coons, Stephen W ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^a   Prenger, Erin C ^a   Wang, Norman ^a   Drees, Cornelia ^a   Ng, Yu Tze ^a   Chung, Steven S ^a   Kerrigan, John F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Intractable epilepsy; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERNEXIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPIL;

EID: 33846820106     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/nen.0b013e3180302090     Document Type: Article

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