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Oxcarbazepine

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Oxcarbazepine (Fig. 1) corresponds chemically to10,11-dihydro-10-oxo-5H-dibenz(b,f)azepine-4-carboxamide with an empirical formula of C15H12N2O2 and a molecular weight of 252.27.

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Patsalos, P.N. (2013). Oxcarbazepine. In: Antiepileptic Drug Interactions. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2434-4_13

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