Reliability of clinical diagnosis of dystonia

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 213-219

  Beghi, Ettore ^a   Regio, Valentina ^a   Papantonio, Annamaria ^b   Bentivoglio, Anna Rita ^c   Fasano, Alfonso ^d   Fogli, Danilo ^e   Giordano, Laura ^f   Piolti, Roberto ^g   Rinaldi, Giuseppe ^b   Simone, Pasqualino ^e   Specchio, Luigi M ^b   Tonali, Pietro ^c   Torelli, Paola ^h   Zarrelli, Michele ^e   Messina, Paolo ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^g SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dystonia; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL DYSTONIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSTONIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIST; RESIDENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA; VIDEORECORDING; WORK EXPERIENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84911500700     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000367628     Document Type: Article

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