Interobserver variability in the classification of neonatal seizures based on medical record data

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 120-123

  Lanska, Mary Jo ^a   Lanska, Douglas J ^b,c,d   Baumann, Robert J ^b   Allen, Stacey L ^c   Slone, Keith G ^c   Kryscio, Richard J ^c  

^a Lexington Fayette Co Hlth Dept   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVULSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030248388     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0887-8994(96)00155-5     Document Type: Article

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