How easy are randomized controlled trials in epilepsy to find on medline? The sensitivity and precision of two medline searches

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-380

  Marson, Anthony G ^a   Chadwick, David W ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochrane Collaboration; Epilepsy; Medline; Sensitivity; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; EPILEPSY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBJECT HEADINGS;

EID: 0029920752     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00575.x     Document Type: Article

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