Case series and descriptive cohort studies in neurosurgery: The confusion and solution

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1321-1332

  Esene, Ignatius N ^a,b,c   Ngu, Julius ^d   El Zoghby, Mohamed ^a   Solaroglu, Ihsan ^e   Sikod, Anna M ^f   Kotb, Ali ^a   Dechambenoit, Gilbert ^g   El Husseiny, Hossam ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Nasser Institute   (Egypt)

^c Encyclopaedia Neurochirurgica   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Morehouse Family Practice   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Case report; Case series; Descriptive cohort; Evidence based neurosurgery; Neurosurgical epidemiology; Research methods

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; MEDLINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGERY; PUBMED;

EID: 84906937532     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-014-2460-1     Document Type: Review

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