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Karlov V.A.

Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ mediko-stomatologicheskiĭ universitet

Gekht A.B.

N.I. Pirogov Russian State Medical University

Guzeva V.I.

Sankt-Peterburgskaia gosudarstvennaia pediatricheskaia meditsinskaia akademiia

Lipatova L.V.

Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ psikhonevrologicheskiĭ institut im. V.M. Bekhtereva, Sankt-Peterburg

Bazilevich S.N.

Kafedra i klinika nervnykh bolezneĭ Voenno-meditsinskoĭ akademii im. S.M. Kirova, Sankt-Peterburg

Mkrtchyan V.R.

Soloviev Scientific-Practical Psycho-Neurological Сenter, Moscow, Russia

Vlasov P.N.

GBUZ MO "Moskovskiĭ oblastnoĭ NII akusherstva i ginekologii", Moskva

Zhidkova I.A.

Kafedra nervnykh bolezneĭ Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo mediko-stomatologicheskogo universiteta

Mukhin K.Iu.

Kafedra nervnykh bolezneĭ pediatricheskogo fakul'teta s kursom fakul'teta usovershenstvovaniia vracheĭ Rossiĭskogo gosudarstvennogo meditsinskogo universiteta, Moskva

Petrukhin A.S.

Kafedra nervnykh bolezneĭ pediatricheskogo fakul'teta s kursom fakul'teta usovershenstvovaniia vracheĭ Rossiĭskogo gosudarstvennogo meditsinskogo universiteta, Moskva

Lebedeva A.V.

FGBU "Federal'nyĭ nauchnyĭ tsentr transplantologii i iskusstvennykh organov im. akad. V.I. Shumakova" Minzdrava Rossii, Moskva

Algorithms of mono- and polytherapy in clinical epileptology

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Karlov V.A., Gekht A.B., Guzeva V.I., Lipatova L.V., Bazilevich S.N., Mkrtchyan V.R., Vlasov P.N., Zhidkova I.A., Mukhin K.Iu., Petrukhin A.S., Lebedeva A.V.

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Karlov VA, Gekht AB, Guzeva VI, et al. . Algorithms of mono- and polytherapy in clinical epileptology. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2016;116(7):120‑129. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro201611671120-129

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