Hypsarrhythmia assessment exhibits poor interrater reliability: A threat to clinical trial validity

Epilepsia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-81

  Hussain, Shaun A ^a   Kwong, Grace ^a   Millichap, John J ^b   Mytinger, John R ^c   Ryan, Nicole ^d   Matsumoto, Joyce H ^a   Wu, Joyce Y ^a   Lerner, Jason T ^a   Sankar, Raman ^a  

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Hypsarrhythmia; Infantile spasms; Interrater reliability; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; VALIDITY; WAKEFULNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); INFANT; NEUROLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPASMS, INFANTILE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 84921653858     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12861     Document Type: Article

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