The syndrome gelastic seizures-hypothalamic hamartoma: Severe, potentially reversible encephalopathy

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages 62-65

  Striano, Salvatore ^a   Striano, Pasquale ^b   Coppola, Antonietta ^a   Romanelli, Pantaleo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gelastic; Hamartoma; Hypothalamic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; IMAGE GUIDED ROBOTIC RADIOSURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIOSURGERY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 65549116470     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02125.x     Document Type: Article

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