Epileptic Disorders
MENUAre Sub-Saharan epileptic people less photosensitive? A Senegalese study of photoparoxysmal response in a reference epilepsy centre Volume 22, issue 5, October 2020
Authors
1 Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2 Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Fann, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
3 Department of Neurosciences, CRCHUM, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
* Correspondence: Annick Melanie Magnerou
Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux,
12 Boulevard Dr Chantemesse,
43000 Le Puy en Velay, France
- Key words: epilepsy, photoparoxysmal response, intermittent photic stimulation
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2020.1209
- Page(s) : 610-22
- Published in: 2020
Aims
The photoparoxysmal response (PPR) is defined as the occurrence of generalized spike, spike-wave or polyspike-wave discharges consistently elicited by intermittent photic stimulation (IPS). PPR is not well studied in Sub-Saharan African people. We prospectively studied the epidemiological, clinical, and EEG characteristics of PPR among consecutive patients recorded at the clinical neurophysiology unit of Fann University Hospital (Dakar, Senegal).