Initiating antiepileptic drug treatment and characteristics of drugs

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 719-725

  Bourgeois, Blaise F D ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84876791826     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00074-9     Document Type: Chapter

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