Heightened seizure susceptibility associated with brain dermoid cyst and the administration of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 144-147

  Milani, Paolo ^a   Rocchi, Raffaele ^b   Cerase, Alfonso ^b   Rossi, Alessandro ^a   Mazzocchio, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

hCG; Magnetic stimulation; Motor cortical excitability; Neurosteroids; Seizure

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLOSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TERATOMA;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DERMOID CYST; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34249875123     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.02.030     Document Type: Article

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