Hypothalamic Hamartomas and Seizures: Distinct Natural History of Isolated and Pallister-Hall Syndrome Cases
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Teaching NeuroImages: isolated hypothalamic hamartoma vs Pallister-Hall syndrome: imaging and clinical correlation.
Antonio J. da Rocha, PhD Marcos Rosa Junior, MD Fernando Norio Arita, PhD Isolated hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) have a distinct clinical phenotype from that of PallisterHall syndrome (PHS), as HH consist of more severe seizures and cognitive, behavioral, and endocrine disorders.1 The imaging features help one to distinguish these conditions (figures 1 and 2). Isolated HH are hyperintense on flu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epilepsia
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0013-9580,1528-1167
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.68303.x