Epileptic Syndromes and Visually Induced Seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 14-18

  Guerrini, Renzo ^a,c   Genton, Pierre ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Photic; Photosensitive; Visual

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EPILEPSY; EYELID MOVEMENT; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LIGHT; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEIZURES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0346340046     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.451011.x     Document Type: Review

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