A successful surgical case of a hypothalamic hamartoma with gelastic seizure: A case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 781-785

  Fujita, Tomoaki ^a,c   Nishimura, Shinjitsu ^a   Sakata, Hiroyuki ^a   Furuno, Yuichi ^a   Mino, Masaki ^a   Hori, Emiko ^a   Kaimori, Mitsuomi ^a   Shirane, Reizou ^b   Nishijima, Michiharu ^a  

^a AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Yamashiro Public Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURES;

EID: 69749114822     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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