Concepts in classification and their relevance to epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL.1, 2006, Pages 11-19

  Berg, Anne T ^a   Blackstone, Neil W ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Epilepsy syndrome; Hypothesis testing; Phylogenetic systematics

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33750597484     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2005.11.015     Document Type: Review

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