Intractable gelastic seizures during infancy: Ictal positron emission tomography (PET) demonstrating epileptiform activity within the hypothalamic hamartoma

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-239

  Shahar, Eli ^a   Goldsher, Dorit ^a   Genizi, Jacob ^a   Ravid, Sarit ^a   Keidar, Zohar ^b  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Ictal positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; LAMOTRIGINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE GELASTIC SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CLONAZEPAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; INFANT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349111158     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807308703     Document Type: Article

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