Hypothalamic Hamartoma and Generalized Epilepsy
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Psychiatric aspects of patients with hypothalamic hamartoma and epilepsy.
Uncontrolled rage, while long associated with hypothalamic hamartoma, has not been as extensively studied as the epilepsy. Rage can be more detrimental to quality of life than seizures. It is now realized that behavior and aggression improve after a complete resection of the hypothalamic hamartoma correlating with a good seizure control post-surgically. We report on the longitudinal psychiatric...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 2003
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-17-3-2