Endoscopic Resection of Hypothalamic Hamartoma for Refractory Epilepsy: Preliminary Report

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-105

  Ng, Yu tze ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

endoscopic resection; epilepsy; hypothalamic hamartoma; seizures; transcallosal resection

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPILEPSY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249701766     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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