Hemifacial seizures due to ganglioglioma of cerebellum

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 499-501

  Hanai, Sae ^a   Okazaki, Ken ichi ^a   Fujikawa, Yoshinao ^a   Nakagawa, Eiji ^a   Sugai, Kenji ^a   Sasaki, Masayuki ^a   Otsuki, Taisuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar ganglioglioma; Epileptogenic lesion; Hemifacial seizures

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GLIOMA; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMIFACIAL SEIZURE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952550388     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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