Hypothalamic hamartoma: Clinical characteristics. Electroencephalogram and brain magnetic resonance imaging in 10 patients;Hamartomas hipotalámicos: Características clínicas, electroencefalograma y resonancia magnética cerebral en 10 pacientes

Neurologia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-18

  García Morales, Irene ^a   Marinas, A ^a   Del Barrio, A ^a   Alvarez Linera J ^a   Herranz, J L ^b   Smeyers, P ^c   Gil Nagel, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hamartoma; Hypothalamus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONREM SLEEP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33947126170     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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