1. Chromatic sensitive epilepsy: a variant of photosensitive epilepsy
- Author
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Shozo Tobimatsu, Motohiro Kato, You Min Zhang, Akihisa Mitsudome, and Yasuko Tomoda
- Subjects
Male ,Epilepsy ,Adolescent ,Light ,Photic epilepsy ,Electroencephalography ,medicine.disease ,Neurology ,Photosensitive epilepsy ,Child, Preschool ,medicine ,Humans ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,Chromatic scale ,Psychology ,Child ,Neuroscience ,Photic Stimulation - Abstract
We herein report 4 Japanese children who suffered epileptic seizures while watching a popular animated TV program. They showed a photoparoxysmal response that is more frequently observed in response to rapid color (blue/red) frame changes than monochromatic ones. These patients were all considered to have photosensitive epilepsy; however, chromatic sensitivity also plays an important role in the generation of such seizures.
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- 1999