Photosensitivity and visually induced seizures

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-159

  Parra, Jaime ^a   Kalitzin, Stiliyan N ^a   Lopes Da Silva, Fernando H ^b  

^a STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromatosensitive epilepsy; Photoparoxysmal response; Photosensitive epilepsy; Seizure prevention; Television filter

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FILTER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TELEVISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 16444362396     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wco.0000162857.52520.68     Document Type: Review

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