Hypothalamic hamartoma causing gelastic seizures treated with stereotactic radiofrequency thermocoagulation

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-338

  Wang, Wei ^a,b,c   Wang, Weimin ^c   Guo, Xiaofei ^c   Zeng, Yanjun ^d   Jiang, Xiaodan ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c General Hospital of GuangZhou Military Command of PLA   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Stereotactic radiofrequency thermocoagulation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPIKE WAVE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TACHYCARDIA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THERMOCOAGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOSURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749088525     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2009.0275     Document Type: Article

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