Photosensitive epilepsies and pathophysiologic mechanisms of the photoparoxysmal response

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 926-932

  Takahashi, Y ^a,b   Fujiwara, T ^a   Yagi, K ^a   Seino, M ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Localization related epilepsy; Photoparoxysmal response; Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy; Wavelength dependency

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; NITRAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0033595521     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.5.926     Document Type: Article

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