Revising the "rule of Three" for inferring seizure freedom

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 368-376

  Brandon Westover, M ^a   Cormier, Justine ^a   Bianchi, Matt T ^a,b   Shafi, Mouhsin ^a   Kilbride, Ronan ^a   Cole, Andrew J ^a   Cash, Sydney S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes' rule; Epilepsy; ILAE; Refractory; Statistical prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DISEASE DURATION; FREEDOM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856332973     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03355.x     Document Type: Article

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