Reliability of seizure classification using a semistructured interview

Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 2526-2530

  Ottman, R ^a,c   Lee, J H ^a   Hauser, W A ^a,b   Hong, S ^a   Hesdorffer, D ^a   Schupf, N ^a,d   Pedley, T A ^b   Scheuer, M L ^b  

^a Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS; SEIZURES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027730913     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.43.12.2526     Document Type: Article

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