Patient background of the pokemon phenomenon: Questionnaire studies in multiple pediatric clinics

Pediatrics International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 550-554

  Furusho, Junichi ^a   Yamaguchi, Katuhiko ^a   Ikura, Yoji ^a   Kogure, Tatuya ^b   Suzuki, Masakazu ^b   Konishi, Sachiko ^b   Simizu, Goroh ^b   Nakayama, Yasuko ^b   Itoh, Keiko ^b   Sakamoto, Yasutoshi ^a,c   Ishikawa, Atushi ^d   Ezaki, Sousuke ^d   Nawata, Jun ^d   Kumagai, Komei ^d  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The Pediatric Clinic Association of Kodaira City   (Japan)

^c Tamananbu Regional Hospital   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animated television; Autosuggestion; Photosensitive epilepsy; Photosensitivity; Pocket monsters

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEVISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CARTOONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; TELEVISION;

EID: 0032438064     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1998.tb01988.x     Document Type: Article

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