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Increase in dihydroxycarbamazepine serum levels in patients co-medicated with oxcarbazepine and lamotrigine

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  1. Service pharmacie, EPSM Lille-métropole, Armentières, France

    N. Guénault & H. Robert

  2. Biopharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, 3 rue du professeur Laguesse, BP 83, 59006 , Lille Cedex, France

    P. Odou & H. Robert

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Guénault, N., Odou, P. & Robert, H. Increase in dihydroxycarbamazepine serum levels in patients co-medicated with oxcarbazepine and lamotrigine. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 59, 781–782 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-003-0686-z

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