Effects of flash frequency and repetition of intermittent photic stimulation on photoparoxysmal responses

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-255

  Topalkara, K ^a   Alarcon G ^a,b   Binnie, C D ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

EEG technology; Epilepsy; Intermittent photic stimulation; Photoparoxysmal response; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STROBOSCOPY;

EID: 0031903615     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80044-7     Document Type: Article

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