Treatment modality for intractable epilepsy in hypothalamic hamartomatous lesions

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 847-856

  Shim, Kyu Won ^a   Chang, Jong Hee ^a   Park, Yong Gou ^a   Kim, Heung Dong ^a   Choi, Joong Uhn ^a   Kim, Dong Seok ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endoscopic disconnection; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Intractable seizure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC DISCONNNECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSY; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INFANT; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48949119528     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000318170.82719.7c     Document Type: Article

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