Repeat surgery for hypothalamic hamartoma in refractory epilepsy

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Pati, Sandipan ^a   Abla, Adib A ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^a   Ng, Yu Tze ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Repeat surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551698375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.FOCUS10248     Document Type: Article

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