Improving the inter-rater agreement of hypsarrhythmia using a simplified EEG grading scale for children with infantile spasms

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-98

  Mytinger, John R ^a   Hussain, Shaun A ^b   Islam, Monica P ^a   Millichap, John J ^c   Patel, Anup D ^a   Ryan, Nicole R ^d   Twanow, Jaime Dawn E ^a   Heyer, Geoffrey L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BASED score; EEG; Electroencephalogram; Epileptic encephalopathy; Infantile spasms; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURDEN OF AMPLITUDES AND EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; INTER RATER AGREEMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; COMPLICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

BRAIN WAVES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 84940511311     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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