Treatment of Photosensitivity

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 40-45

  Covanis, Athanasios ^a   Stodieck, Stefan R G ^b   Wilkins, Arnold J ^c  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Epilepsiezentrum Hamburg   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colored glasses; New AEDs; Prevention; TV; Valproate and lamotrigine

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; APOMORPHINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FENFLURAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LEVODOPA; LISURIDE; NITRAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PIMOZIDE; PREGABALIN; PROGABIDE; TOPIRAMATE; TRIMETHADIONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOPULMONARY SIDE EFFECT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISPLAY SYSTEM; DRUG CHOICE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SPECTACLES; TELEVISION; TREMOR; VISUAL STIMULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347356480     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.451006.x     Document Type: Review

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