Accuracy of the diagnosis of physical features of fetal alcohol syndrome by pediatricians after specialized training

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Jones, Kenneth Lyons ^a,f   Robinson, Luther K ^c   Bakhireva, Ludmila N ^a   Marintcheva, Galina ^d   Storojev, Vladimir ^d   Strahova, Anna ^d   Sergeevskaya, Svetlana ^d   Budantseva, Svetlana ^d   Mattson, Sarah N ^e   Riley, Edward P ^e   Chambers, Christina D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry   (Russian Federation)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Interrater agreement; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERATOLOGY; UPPER LIP; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; PEDIATRICS; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33947133155     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1037     Document Type: Article

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