Reliability of semiology description

Neurologist

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-11

  Heo, Jae Hyeok ^a   Kim, Dong Wook ^b   Lee, Seo Young ^c   Cho, Jinwhan ^a   Lee, Sang Kun ^b   Nam, Hyunwoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Description; Epilepsy; Reliability; Semiology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTONIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH DISORDERS; VIDEO RECORDING; VOMITING;

EID: 38349026948     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181343cb4     Document Type: Article

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