Who coined the term “status gelasticus”? We did

Yu-tze NgDivision of Pediatric Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USAIn a recent review article on gelastic seizures and hypothalamic hamartoma, Tellez-Zenteno and colleagues used the term, “status gelasticus” mostly correctly but referenced completely...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e95c630cbd164de2bdcd82b40ebfe1842021-12-02T01:26:10ZWho coined the term “status gelasticus”? We did1176-63281178-2021https://doaj.org/article/e95c630cbd164de2bdcd82b40ebfe1842009-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/who-coined-the-term-ldquostatus-gelasticusrdquo-we-did-a3359https://doaj.org/toc/1176-6328https://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Yu-tze NgDivision of Pediatric Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USAIn a recent review article on gelastic seizures and hypothalamic hamartoma, Tellez-Zenteno and colleagues used the term, “status gelasticus” mostly correctly but referenced completely incorrectly the origins of the definition of this rare but becoming increasingly known phenomenon. This mistake followed upon an unusual oversight of quoting another author who had simply used the term and most certainly did not make any attempts to define it. We had initially published a case report of a 30-month-old boy who underwent successful emergent transcallosal resection of his hypothalamic hamartoma for status gelasticus which lasted six weeks!3 In this report, we made clear mention that we labeled his “history of near-continuous gelastic seizures” as status gelasticus. Yu-tze NgDove Medical PressarticleNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol 2009, Iss default, Pp 405-406 (2009)
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topic Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
spellingShingle Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
Yu-tze Ng
Who coined the term “status gelasticus”? We did
description Yu-tze NgDivision of Pediatric Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USAIn a recent review article on gelastic seizures and hypothalamic hamartoma, Tellez-Zenteno and colleagues used the term, “status gelasticus” mostly correctly but referenced completely incorrectly the origins of the definition of this rare but becoming increasingly known phenomenon. This mistake followed upon an unusual oversight of quoting another author who had simply used the term and most certainly did not make any attempts to define it. We had initially published a case report of a 30-month-old boy who underwent successful emergent transcallosal resection of his hypothalamic hamartoma for status gelasticus which lasted six weeks!3 In this report, we made clear mention that we labeled his “history of near-continuous gelastic seizures” as status gelasticus.
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