Classification of childhood epilepsy syndromes in newly diagnosed epilepsy: Interrater agreement and reasons for disagreement

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 439-444

  Berg, Anne T ^c   Levy, Susan R ^a   Testa, Francine M ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Diagnosis; Epilepsy; Epilepsy syndromes; ILAE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0005825005     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00738.x     Document Type: Article

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