The evolution of treatment for hypothalamic hamartoma: A personal odyssey

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gelastic epilepsy; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPE; EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIOSURGERY;

ENDOSCOPES; EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 79551693742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.FOCUS10244     Document Type: Article

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