Pattern-sensitive epilepsy: Electroclinical characteristics, natural history, and delineation of the epileptic syndrome

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-58

  Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a,b   St Louis, Erik K ^a,c   Johnson, Judith A ^a   McClelland, Robyn L ^a   Westmoreland, Barbara F ^a   Klass, Donald W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pattern sensitivity; Pattern sensitive epilepsy; Photosensitivity; Reflex epilepsy; Television epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; REVIEW; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PEDIGREE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13144253081     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.26604.x     Document Type: Review

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