A case of symptomatic, lesional epilepsy (hypothalamic hamartoma) masquerading as a generalized epilepsy with lennox-gastaut syndrome

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-15

  Ng, Yu Tze ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LEUPRORELIN;

ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MICROGYRIA; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIVENTRICULAR HETEROTOPIA; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; SPIKE WAVE; SYMPTOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 77952479116     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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