The use of computer-assisted-telephone-interviewing to diagnose seizures, epilepsy and Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-27

  D'Souza, Wendyl J ^a,b   Stankovich, Jim ^a,c   O'Brien, Terence J ^b   Bower, Simon ^d   Pearce, Neil ^e   Cook, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Questionnaires; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPHONE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956011294     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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