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Chromatic sensitive epilepsy: a variant of photosensitive epilepsy
S Tobimatsu1, Y M Zhang, Y Tomoda
1Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Annals of Neurology
|June 9, 1999
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.