Photosensitivity: Epidemiology, genetics, clinical manifestations, assessment, and management

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 349-362

  Verrotti, Alberto ^a   Beccaria, Francesca ^b   Fiori, Federica ^a   Montagnini, Alessandra ^b   Capovilla, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epileptic; Genetic; Photoparoxysmal response; Photosensitivity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARISBAMATE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ABSENCE; ACCURACY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EYE PROTECTION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84874594302     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0539     Document Type: Review

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