Epileptic seizures induced by animated cartoon, 'Pocket Monster'

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 997-1002

  Takada, Hiroyuki ^a   Aso, Kosaburo ^a   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^a   Okumura, Akihisa ^a   Negoro, Tamiko ^a   Ishikawa, Tatsuya ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Generalized seizure; Partial seizure; Photoparoxysmal response; Photosensitive seizure; Visual seizure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CARTOONS; CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032977869     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00809.x     Document Type: Article

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