Low-luminance visual stimuli compared with stroboscopic IPS in eliciting PPR in photosensitive patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 9 SUPPL. 4, 1999, Pages 44-49

  Takahashi, Takeo ^a   Nakasato, Nobukazu ^b   Yokoyama, Hiroyuki ^b   Tsukahara, Yasuo ^c  

^a Yaotome Clinic   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep red flicker stimulation; Electronic screen games induced seizures; Flickering geometric pattern stimulation; Photoparoxysmal response; Photosensitive epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROBOSCOPY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032829072     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00906.x     Document Type: Article

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