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September 1, 2005EpilepsiaOpen Access

Photic‐ and Pattern‐induced Seizures: A Review for the Epilepsy Foundation of America Working Group

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RFRobert S. FisherGates (United States)GHG. F. A. HardingUniversity of Rome Tor VergataGEGiuseppe ErbaUniversity of Rochester Medical Center

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Implication

Consensus conference reviews visually provoked seizures, evaluating risk factors and guidelines for prevention.

Key Points

  • The report summarizes findings on visually provoked seizures and related risk factors, focusing on photosensitivity.
  • Comprehensive literature review of visually provoked seizures and associated data.
  • Analysis of seizure prevalence linked to light or pattern stimuli.
  • Photosensitivity occurs in 0.3-3% of the population with epilepsy having a 2-14% risk of light-induced seizures.
  • In a notable incident, 685 children experienced seizures due to visual stimuli from a TV show; only 24% had prior seizures.
  • Seizures can be triggered by various light stimuli, with intensities of 0.2-1.5 million candlepower and frequencies of 15-25 Hz being most provocative.

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Fisher et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ffd76110d6befb257756abhttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.31405.x
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