Clinical spectrum and difficulties in management of hypothalamic hamartoma in a developing country

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 313-319

  Papayannis, C E ^a,b   Consalvo, D ^a   Seifer, G ^a   Kauffman, M A ^a   Silva, W ^a   Kochen, S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartomas; Treatment options

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; ST SEGMENT; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53549128670     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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