Quality improvement in neurology: AAN epilepsy quality measures: Report of the quality measurement and reporting subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-99

  Fountain, N B ^a   Van Ness, P C ^b   Swain Eng, R ^c   Tonn, S ^c   Bever Jr , C T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHILD; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSENSUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 78751616855     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318203e9d1     Document Type: Article

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