Influence of Ethnic and Geographic Factors on the Classic Photoparoxysmal Response in the Electroencephalogram of Epilepsy Patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 219-223

  de Graaf, Andries S ^a   Lombard, Carl J ^b   Claassen, Darryl A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cephalography; Electroen; Epilepsy; Ethnology; Geography; South Africa; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RACIAL STOCKS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0028957441     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1995.tb00987.x     Document Type: Article

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