Fixation-off (Scoto) sensitivity combined with photosensitivity.
A 16-year-old boy of normal intelligence had brief absence and myoclonic jerks since age 7 years. Video-EEG documented the unexpected combination of fixation-off sensitivity (scotosensitivity) with photosensitivity.
Agathonikou
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Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, England.
Koutroumanidis
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Panayiotopoulos
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D000293:Adolescent; D003624:Darkness / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005143:Eyelids / Q000502:physiology; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014743:Videotape Recording; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology