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Monozygous twin brothers discordant for photosensitive epilepsy: first report of possible visual priming in humans.
Epilepsia - 1 Sept 2005
de Haan Gerrit-Jan, Trenité Dorothee Kasteleijn-Nolst, Stroink Hans, Parra Jaime, Voskuyl Rob, van Kempen Marian, Lindhout Dick, Bertram Ed
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PURPOSE: The interaction of genetic predisposition and the environment in the development of epilepsy is often discussed, but, aside from some animal reflex epilepsies, little evidence supports such interaction in the development of reflex epilepsy in humans. METHODS: We describe the history of a 16-year-old boy in whom photosensitive epilepsy developed after a period of weekly exposures to high-intensity light...
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