Selected Publications

Selected Publications: Hypothalamic Hamartoma Program

1. Ng YT, Hastriter EV, Wethe J, et al. Surgical resection of hypothalamic hamartomas for severe behavioral symptoms. Epilepsy Behav. 2011;20(1):75-78.
   
   
2. Chan YM, Fenoglio-Simeone KA, Paraschos S, et al. Central precocious puberty due to hypothalamic hamartomas correlates with anatomic features but not with expression of GnRH, TGFalpha, or KISS1. Horm Res Paediatr. 2010;73(5):312-319.
   
   
3. Prigatano GP, Wethe JV, Gray JA, et al. Intellectual functioning in presurgical patients with hypothalamic hamartoma and refractory epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2008;13(1):149-155.
   
   
4. Ng YT, Rekate HL, Prenger EC, et al. Endoscopic resection of hypothalamic hamartomas for refractory symptomatic epilepsy. Neurology. 2008;70(17):1543-1548.
   
   
5. Kim do Y, Fenoglio KA, Simeone TA, et al. GABAA receptor-mediated activation of L-type calcium channels induces neuronal excitation in surgically resected human hypothalamic hamartomas. Epilepsia. 2008;49(5):861-871.
   
   
6. Craig DW, Itty A, Panganiban C, et al. Identification of somatic chromosomal abnormalities in hypothalamic hamartoma tissue at the GLI3 locus. Am J Hum Genet. 2008;82(2):366-374.
   
   
7. Coons SW, Rekate HL, Prenger EC, et al. The histopathology of hypothalamic hamartomas: study of 57 cases. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2007;66(2):131-141.
   
   
8. Ng YT, Rekate HL, Prenger EC, et al. Transcallosal resection of hypothalamic hamartoma for intractable epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2006;47(7):1192-1202.
   
   
9. Wu J, Xu L, Kim DY, et al. Electrophysiological properties of human hypothalamic hamartomas. Ann Neurol. 2005;58(3):371-382.
   
   
10. Kerrigan JF, Ng YT, Chung S, Rekate HL. The hypothalamic hamartoma: a model of subcortical epileptogenesis and encephalopathy. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2005;12(2):119-131.