A Bayesian tool for epilepsy diagnosis in the resource-poor world: development and early validation.
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2014-07-08
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The epilepsy treatment gap in resource poor countries is so large that existing numbers of doctors are unlikely to be able to close it Other health workers are likely to be needed but they will need help The diagnosis of an attack as epileptic or not is an essential step in the management of epilepsy It should be possible to devise a tool to give the probability of episodes being epileptic based on a Bayesian analysis of the results of history taking