Hypothalamic hamartoma in paediatric patients: Clinical characteristics, outcomes and review of the literature;Hamartoma hipotalámico en la edad pediátrica: Características clínicas, evolución y revisión de la literatura

Neurologia

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 268-276

  Castano De La Mota C ^a   Martin Del Valle F ^a   Perez Villena A ^a   Calleja Gero, M L ^a   Losada Del Pozo, R ^a   Ruiz Falco Rojas M L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavioural disorders; Cognitive difficulties; Gelastic seizures; Precocious puberty; Tumour resection surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861480771     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: 15781968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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