Are the El Escorial and revised El Escorial criteria for ALS reproducible? A study of inter-observer agreement

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 135-138

  Forbes, R B ^a   Colville, S ^a   Swingler, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; El Escorial criteria; Kappa statistic; Observer agreement

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0035665763     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146608201753275472     Document Type: Article

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10. Misinterpretation and misuse of kappa statistic
11. Variation between observers in classifying multiple sclerosis