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Chromatic sensitive epilepsy: A variant of photosensitive epilepsy

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Shozo Tobimatsu MD

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, JapanSearch for more papers by this author

You Min Zhang MD,

You Min Zhang MD

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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Yasuko Tomoda MD,

Yasuko Tomoda MD

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan

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Akihisa Mitsudome MD,

Akihisa Mitsudome MD

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan

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Motohiro Kato MD,

Motohiro Kato MD

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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Shozo Tobimatsu MD,

Corresponding Author

Shozo Tobimatsu MD

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, JapanSearch for more papers by this author

You Min Zhang MD,

You Min Zhang MD

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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Yasuko Tomoda MD,

Yasuko Tomoda MD

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan

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Akihisa Mitsudome MD,

Akihisa Mitsudome MD

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan

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Motohiro Kato MD,

Motohiro Kato MD

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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First published: 01 June 2001

https://doi.org/10.1002/1531-8249(199906)45:6<790::AID-ANA14>3.0.CO;2-7

Citations: 30

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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. Ann Neurol 1999;45:790–793

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