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Zhidkova I.A.

Kafedra nervnykh bolezneĭ Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo mediko-stomatologicheskogo universiteta

Karlov V.A.

Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ mediko-stomatologicheskiĭ universitet

Vlasov P.N.

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

New possibilities of pharmacotherapy of epilepsy: eslicarbazepine acetate in treatment of focal epilepsy

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Zhidkova I.A., Karlov V.A., Vlasov P.N.

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Zhidkova IA, Karlov VA, Vlasov PN. New possibilities of pharmacotherapy of epilepsy: eslicarbazepine acetate in treatment of focal epilepsy. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2018;118(4):140‑145. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro201811841140-145

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