Part, Chapter, Paragraph
1 II, 5. 5. 3| rates comes from incomplete ascertainment in young age cohorts, which
2 II, 5. 5. 3| medications at the time of ascertainment (Commission, 1993). These
3 II, 5. 5. 3| explored to maximize case ascertainment. The large majority of population-based
4 II, 5. 5. 3| explained by suboptimal case ascertainment or by flaws in the study
5 II, 5. 5. 3| extent of the diagnostic ascertainment. Cerebrovascular disorders
6 II, 5. 5. 3| disorders) and to an increased ascertainment of the disease in this age
7 II, 5. 5. 3| through accuracy in case ascertainment and selection bias. However,
8 II, 5. 5. 3| due to a better degree of ascertainment, i.e. for the use of registry
9 II, 5. 5. 3| widespread improvement of case ascertainment and survey methodology in
10 II, 5. 5. 3| different degree of case ascertainment coverage based on geographic
11 II, 5. 5. 3| general improvement in case ascertainment and survey methodology in
12 II, 5. 5. 3| France : a population-based ascertainment. Neurol Res 22:156-159.~
13 II, 5. 5. 3| Differences in methods for case ascertainment may also influence estimated
14 II, 5. 5. 3| Maraganore DM (1998): Case ascertainment uncertainties in prevalence
15 II, 5. 5. 3| methodology and clinical ascertainment of cases. Mov Disord 13(
16 II, 5. 11. 3| was obtained by relying on ascertainment by questionnaire without
17 II, 8. 2. 1| different circumstances of the ascertainment such as the use of different
18 II, 9. 1. 2| data (both in terms of case ascertainment and diagnostic detail).
19 II, 9. 1. 2| coding and completeness of ascertainment of TOPFA or postneonatally
20 II, 9. 1. 2| mentioned, the completeness of ascertainment of stillbirths, neonatal
21 II, 9. 3. 2| considered on two levels: ascertainment (completeness of registration)
22 II, 9. 3. 2| description. Improvement of ascertainment has been studied thoroughly
23 II, 9. 3. 2| thus to achieve complete ascertainment of maternal deaths. It is
