Diagnosing photosensitive epilepsy: Fancy new versus old fashioned techniques in patients with different epileptic syndromes

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 294-300

  Specchio, Nicola ^a   Kasteleijn Nolst Trenité, Dorotheé G A ^b,c   Piccioli, Marta ^d   Specchio, Luigi M ^e   Trivisano, Marina ^e   Fusco, Lucia ^a   Buttinelli, Carla ^d   Vigevano, Federico ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; High frequency; High power intensity; Photic stimulator; Photosensitivity; Round shaped

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIZZINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYOCLONUS; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; SUNLIGHT;

ADULT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79952315365     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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