title: [Photosensitivity and generalized idiopathic epilepsies of children].
abstract: The aim of this study is to evaluate the frequency of photosensitivity at patients of paediatric age diagnosed with different types of generalized idiophatic epilepsies.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used a group of 68 children aged 3-18 years diagnosed: 39 patients with childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), 11 with juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE), 10 with epilepsy with grand mal on awakening (EGMA), 8 with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). EEG was recording without and with stimulation (hyperventilation, intermittent photic stimulation -IPS) after sleep deprivation. For all children with CAE absences and anormal EEG was provoked by hyperventilation and in 12 cases seizures was provoked by IPS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 4 patients with JAE, EEG show photosensitivity. 5 children with JME have photosensitivity and for one child opening eyes provoked polyspike-wave discharges without clinical correspondent. The EEG of patients with EGMA showed photosensitivity at 6 children. The photosensitivity is frequently associated with generalized idiophatic epilepsies (32.35%) and it is most often seen at girls (54.54%) of puberty age.
authors.affiliation: Clinica a III-a Pediatrie, Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi.
authors.forename: Georgeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diaconu
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grigore
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burlea
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trandafir
authors.forename: Stefana Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Moisă
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frasin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000175:diagnosis; D004829:Epilepsy, Generalized / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D020195:Epilepsy, Reflex / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D020190:Myoclonic Epilepsy, Juvenile / Q000175:diagnosis; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011627:Puberty; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012892:Sleep Deprivation