Infodemiology of status epilepticus: A systematic validation of the Google Trends-based search queries

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 120-123

  Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ^a   Bacigaluppi, Susanna ^b   Robba, Chiara ^c,d   Nardone, Raffaele ^e,f   Trinka, Eugen ^e,g,h   Brigo, Francesco ^f,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^f FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Google Trends; Infodemiology; Internet; Status epilepticus; Web

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFODEMIOLOGY; INTERNET; KETOGENIC DIET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROSURGERY; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIENTIST; SEARCH ENGINE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; LANGUAGE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TRENDS;

HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; SEARCH ENGINE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84954469928     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.12.017     Document Type: Article

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