Seizures during video-game play and other common leisure pursuits in known epilepsy patients without visual sensitivity

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 9 SUPPL. 4, 1999, Pages 59-64

  Millett, C J ^b   Fish, D R ^b,c   Thompson, P J ^b   Johnson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Epilepsy without visual sensitivity; Seizure risk; Video game material

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TACHYCARDIA; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0032884941     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00908.x     Document Type: Article

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