Long-term cognitive outcome after transcallosal resection of hypothalamic hamartoma in older adolescents and adults with gelastic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 81-87

  Anderson, Jacqueline F I ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Epilepsy; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Memory; Outcome; Resection

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSCALLOSAL ANTERIOR INTERFORNICEAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953916063     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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