Accuracy of family history information on epilepsy and other seizure disorders

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 390-396

  Ottman, R ^a,b   Barker Cummings, C ^c   Leibson, C L ^d   Vasoli, V M ^d   Hauser, W A ^a   Buchhalter, J R ^e  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIBLING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251557834     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182088286     Document Type: Article

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