The accuracy of the diagnosis of paroxysmal events in children

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 979-982

  Stroink, H ^a   Van Donselaar, C A ^b   Geerts, A T ^c   Peters, A C B ^b   Brouwer, O F ^d   Arts, W F M ^c  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037465717     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000049914.25434.72     Document Type: Article

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