Interrater reliability of the international consensus definition of drug-resistant epilepsy: A pilot study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 388-390

  Hao, Xiao ting ^a,b   Wong, Irina S M ^a   Kwan, Patrick ^a,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug resistant; Epilepsy; International league against epilepsy definition; Reliability; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PILOT STUDY; RELAPSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CONSENSUS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053384880     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.06.035     Document Type: Article

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