Analysis of photo-pattern sensitivity in patients with Pokemon-related symptoms

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-36

  Funatsuka, Makoto ^a   Fujita, Michinari ^a   Shirakawa, Seigo ^a   Oguni, Hirokazu ^a   Osawa, Makiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POKEMON RELATED SYMPTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TELEVISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DATA DISPLAY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TELEVISION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0037231130     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(02)00463-0     Document Type: Article

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