Methodology of photic stimulation revisited: Updated European algorithm for visual stimulation in the EEG laboratory

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-24

  Kasteleijn Nolst Trenité, Dorothée ^a   Rubboli, Guido ^b   Hirsch, Edouard ^c   Martins Da Silva, Antonio ^d   Seri, Stefano ^e   Wilkins, Arnold ^f   Parra, Jaime ^g   Covanis, Athanasios ^h   Elia, Maurizio ⁱ   Capovilla, Giuseppe ^j   Stephani, Ulrich ^k   Harding, Graham ^e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO DELLE SCIENZE NEUROLOGICHE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^e ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g HOSPITAL LA ZARZUELA   (Spain)

^h AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

ⁱ OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^j CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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Author keywords

European; Guidelines; Intermittent photic stimulation; Photoparoxysmal response; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY; ART; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EUROPE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYELID CLOSURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIGRAINE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STROBOSCOPY; VALIDITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; EUROPE; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEIZURES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855454996     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03319.x     Document Type: Review

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