An international pilot study of an internet-based platform to facilitate clinical research in epilepsy: The EpiNet project

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1829-1835

  Bergin, Peter ^a   Sadleir, Lynette ^b   Legros, Benjamin ^c   Mogal, Zarine ^d   Tripathi, Manjari ^e   Dang, Nitika ^e   Beretta, Simone ^f   Zanchi, Clara ^f   Burneo, Jorge ^g   Borkowski, Thomas ^h   Cho, Yang Je ⁱ   Ossemann, Michel ^j   Striano, Pasquale ^k   Srivastava, Kavita ^l   Tan, Hui Jan ^m   Wanigasinghe, Jithangi ⁿ   D'Souza, Wendyl ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^e ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^l BHARATI VIDYAPEETH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^m UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Clinical trials; Epilepsy database; International collaboration; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEWBORN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867221404     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03636.x     Document Type: Article

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