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To the Editor: In December 1997, many children, and even some adults, in Japan who were watching the television cartoon program "Pocket Monster," or "Pokemon," had epileptic seizures.^1,2 Because the program was very popular, this incident had a strong impact on the people in Japan and also attracted worldwide attention. We conducted a five-year follow-up study to determine the rate of recurrence of seizures and the factors associated with recurrence.

We sent questionnaires to the physicians who treated 103 patients with "Pocket Monster" seizures. Data for 91 patients were available. A photoparoxysmal response was defined as generalized spike-wave complexes induced . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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