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Differences in photosensibility in epilepsies of childhood and adolescence compared to adulthood.
The study by Y. Lu et al. (2008) reported here is a retrospective analysis of an original cohort of more than 1000 children who attended the Neuropediatric Department of Kiel University Hospital in Germany over a period of almost 30 years (1975-2002). To be included, patients had to have had at least two EEG studies with intermittent photic stimulation (IPS) performed between the ages of five a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatrie pro praxi
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1213-0494,1803-5264
DOI: 10.36290/ped.2016.015