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Evidence-based child neurology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2006

Olaf Dammann
Olaf Dammann
Affiliation:
Perinatal Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, Departments of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Neuroepidemiology Unit, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
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Abstract

This paper discusses some of the issues that, once resolved, may help child neurologists and pediatric neuroepidemiologists in their mutual understanding and collaborative efforts. Emphasis is placed on the all-too-frequent assumption that evidence-based medicine only covers the application of results from randomized double-blind trials in practice. A considerable proportion of child neurology concerns clinical diagnosis and etiological inference. Therefore, evidence-based child neurology might benefit not only from the therapeutic, but also from the diagnostic and etiological components of epidemiology.

Type
Review
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Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology , Volume 48 , Issue 7 , July 2006 , pp. 622 - 624
Copyright
2006 Mac Keith Press

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