Pediatric Neurology
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 222-226 , September 2003

Photoparoxysmal responses in children: their characteristics and clinical correlates

  • Lakshmi Nagarajan, MBBS, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Nagarajan; Department of Neurology; Princess Margaret Hospital For Children; PO Box D184; Perth, WA 6840, Australia.
    • Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia
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  • Alpana Kulkarni, MBBS

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    • Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia
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  • Linda Palumbo-Clark, BSc

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    • Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia
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  • Pauline Bernadette Gregory

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    • Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia
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  • Peter John Walsh, MBBS

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    • Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia
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  • Sasson Stephen Gubbay, MBBS, MD

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    • Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia
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  • Jonathon Michael Silberstein, MBBS

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    • Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia
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  • Ernst Peter Silberstein, MBBS, MRCP, MRACP

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    • Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia
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  • Emma Louise Carty

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    • Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia
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  • Wendy Rosemary Dimitroff

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    • Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia

Received 17 October 2002 ,Accepted 17 March 2003.

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Pediatric Neurology
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 222-226 , September 2003

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