title: Evidence-based child neurology.
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.
authors.affiliation: Perinatal Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. dammann.olaf@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dammann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015984:Causality; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009462:Neurology / Q000379:methods*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D011159:Population Surveillance; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards