Interobserver agreement of the old and the newly proposed ILAE epilepsy classification in children

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 726-732

  Van Campen, Jolien S ^a   Jansen, Floor E ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^b   Nicolai, Joost ^c   Braun, Kees P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interobserver variability; Pediatric; Seizure; Syndrome; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 84875837567     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12111     Document Type: Article

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