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Lamotrigine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2018

Philip N. Patsalos  and
Erik K. St Louis
Philip N. Patsalos
Affiliation:
UCL Institute for Neurology
Erik K. St Louis
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic
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The Epilepsy Prescriber's Guide to Antiepileptic Drugs , pp. 129 - 143
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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