Table 2 IPS features of the patients in our study.

From: Genetic (idiopathic) epilepsy with photosensitive seizures includes features of both focal and generalized seizures

No.

Seizure type by history

Seizure frequency

Interictal focal SW

Interictal GSW

PPR

Eyes state of PCR (Hz)

Seizure type of PCR

Diagnoses

posterior SW

GSW

EO (Hz)

EC (Hz)

ECL (Hz)

history

history +EEG

1

“GTCS”

several times/y

Bilateral occipital SW

+

+

+

10–60

/

/

EO (30)

MS-PS

GGE

GGE/I(P)OE

2

“PGTCS”

2 events

Posterior prominent

+

10–60

/

EC (16)

MS-GTCS

IOE

GGE

3

“GTCS”

0–2/y

+

+

+

10–30

10, 6–25

10–18

ECL (18)

MS-ES

GGE

GGE/I(P)OE

4

“GTCS”

1/y

Rolandic SW

+

+

+

8–16

/

/

EO (16)

MS-PS

GGE

GGE/I(P)OE

5

“GTCS”, EM

1/several months, dozens of times/d

Left occipital SW

+

+

10–12

/

/

EO (12)

MS-PGTCS

GGE (JS)

GGE/I(P)OE

6

“GTCS”

2 events

+

+

6–30

/

/

EO (30)

MS-PGTCS/GTCS

GGE

undetermined

7

“GTCS”

3 events

Bilateral occipital SW

+

+

+

20

/

/

EO (30)

PGTCS/GTCS

GGE

undetermined

8

“GTCS”

1/1y-2y

+

+

8–12

/

/

EO (14)

PGTCS

GGE

I(P)OE

9

“GTCS”

3 events

Right posterior SW

/

/

EO (10)

PGTCS

GGE

I(P)OE

10

“GTCS”

1/0.5y-1.5 y

+

+

10–20

/

/

EO (25)

PGTCS

GGE

I(P)OE

11

“GTCS”

3–4/y

+

+

12–20

/

/

EO (30)

PGTCS

GGE

I(P)OE

12

“GTCS”, MS

1 event, several times/d

Bilateral occipital SW

/

/

EO (6)

PGTCS/GTCS

GGE (MEI)

undetermined

13

“PGTCS”, PS

1–2/y

Rolandic and anterior SW

+

+

+

14–18

/

/

EO (20)

PGTCS

IOE

I(P)OE

14

MS

several times/d

Rolandic and posterior SW

+

+

+

8, 12–30

6–60

6–60

ECL (30)

PS

GGE

GGE/I(P)OE

15

“GTCS”

2 events

Right posterior SW

+

+

6–10, 60

2–8, 20, 50

6, 14, 18

ECL (18)

PS

GGE

I(P)OE

16

“GTCS”

3–4/y

+

+

12–50

18–30

ECL (25)

PS

GGE

I(P)OE

17

“PGTCS”

1–2/y

+

+

6–20

10–25

8–30

EC (8)

ES

IOE

I(P)OE

18

FS, PS

3 events

Posterior SW, left prominent

+

ECL(25)

PS

IOE

I(P)OE

19

“GTCS”

1 event

Posterior SW

+

+

8–12

10–12

/

EC (12)

PS

GGE

I(P)OE

20

PS

1–2/y

Rolandic and occipital SW

+

+

+

2–30

8–20

4–20

ECL (20)

PS

IOE

I(P)OE

21

FS, “GTCS”

1–3/y

Bilateral occipital SW

+

+

6–12, 20–30

6, 12–20, 60

6–14

EC (6)

ES

GGE

I(P)OE

22

FS

1/y

+

+

+

14–20

/

EC(16)

PS

FS

Pure photosensitive seizure

  1. IPS: intermittent photic stimulation; AEDs: antiepileptic drugs; SW: spike and waves; GSW: generalized spike and waves; EO: eye opened; EC: eye closed; ECL: eye closure; PPR: photoparoxysmal response; PCR: photoparoxysmal convulsion response; PS: partial seizures; GTCS: generalized tonic-clonic seizures; PGTCS: partial secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures; ES: electrographic seizures; EM: eyelid myoclonus; GGE: genetic (idiopathic) generalized epilepsy; IOE: idiopathic occipital epilepsy; JS: jeavons syndrome; MEI: myoclonic epilepsy of infancy; I(P)OE: idiopathic (photosensitive) occipital lobe epilepsy.