OBSERVER VARIATION IN THE ASSESSMENT OF OUTCOME IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Authors:
- J. T. Lindsay WilsonJ. T. Lindsay Wilson
- Valerie LegrandVLValerie Legrand
- Gordon MurrayGordon Murray
- Nino StocchettiNino Stocchetti
- Andrew I.R. MaasAMAndrew I.R. Maas
- 1 July 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 61 (1) , 123-129
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. Accurate and consistent outcome assessment is essential to randomized clinical trials. We aimed to explore observer variation in the assessmKeywords
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