Validation of a brief screening instrument for the ascertainment of epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-197

  Ottman, Ruth ^a,b   Barker Cummings, Christie ^c   Leibson, Cynthia L ^d   Vasoli, Vincent M ^d   Hauser, W Allen ^a   Buchhalter, Jeffrey R ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Questionnaire; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 75649149142     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02274.x     Document Type: Article

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