Photosensitivity - Better informing patients with epilepsy of their individual risk

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-99

  Millett, Christopher J ^a   Fish, David R ^a,b   Thompson, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Better education; Epilepsy; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 0031981527     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80063-0     Document Type: Article

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