The validity of the schizophrenia diagnosis in the Danish Psychiatric central research register is good

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Uggerby, Peter ^a   Østergaard, Søren Dinesen ^a   Røge, Rasmus ^a   Correll, Christoph U ^b,c   Nielsen, Jimmi ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; DENMARK; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873252321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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