Few isolated neurons in hypothalamic hamartomas may cause gelastic seizures

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-229

  Waldau, Ben ^a   McLendon, Roger E ^a   Fuchs, Herbert E ^a   George, Timothy M ^a   Grant, Gerald A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GELASTIC SEIZURE; GLIA CELL; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEIZURE; STAINING;

BIOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 66749187723     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000224620     Document Type: Article

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