Interobserver reliability of visual interpretation of electroencephalograms in children with newly diagnosed seizures

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 374-377

  Stroink, Hans ^a   Schimsheimer, Robbert Jan ^b   de Weerd, Al W ^c   Geerts, Ada T ^d   Arts, Willem F ^d   Peeters, Els A ^b   Brouwer, Oebele F ^e   Boudewijn Peters, A ^f   van Donselaar, Cees A ^g  

^a Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^d SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645768410     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206000806     Document Type: Article

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