Chromatic sensitive epilepsy: a variant of photosensitive epilepsy.

Tobimatsu, S; Zhang, Y M; Tomoda, Y; Mitsudome, A; Kato, M · Ann Neurol · 1999

case_series · Level IV

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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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