The influence of racial and environmental factors on EEG photoparoxysmal responses in Zimbabwe

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-12

  Adamolekun, B ^a,b   Familusi, J B ^a   Olayinka, B ^a   Levy, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Dept of Medicine ^*  (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

EEG; Ethnic; Intermittent photic stimulation; Photoparoxysmal response; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031963612     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb00602.x     Document Type: Article

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