Recruitment of families for genetic studies of epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 290-297

  Ottman, Ruth ^a,b,c   Berenson, Karina ^a   Barker Cummings, Christie ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Family; Genetics; Participation; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DATA COLLECTION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 13244264904     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.41904.x     Document Type: Article

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