Pathological laughter in a patient with Rathke cleft cyst

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1279-1282

  Cao, Zhikai ^a   Lv, Jianping ^a   Ding, Zhengbin ^a   Du, Hong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Pathological laughter; Rathke cleft cyst; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; ATAXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESENCEPHALON; PONS;

EID: 53349165617     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.030     Document Type: Article

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