The clinical significance of occipital spikes as a sole response to intermittent photic stimulation.
Forty-five patients who showed occipital spikes as a sole response to IPS have been studied over a 9 year period. Occipital spikes induced by IPS are non-specific, not constantly present and in themselves are not indicative of epilepsy. Occipital spikes alone are seen in a very small percentage of clinical photosensitive patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008027:Light / Q000009:adverse effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*