title: Fixation-off (Scoto) sensitivity combined with photosensitivity.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agathonikou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koutroumanidis
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Panayiotopoulos
mesh_terms: 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