Diagnosing epilepsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 323-

  Baxter, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIKE WAVE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33645780205     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206000703     Document Type: Editorial

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