Psychopharmacology of anticonvulsants: do all anticonvulsants have the same mechanism of action?
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ISSUE Anticonvulsants are not a single therapeutic class, but are composed of multiple distinct subclasses with different mechanisms of action, efficacies, and side effects.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of clinical psychiatry
دوره 65 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004