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Antagonistic Interaction Between the Convulsant Activities of Pefloxacin and Its Main Metabolite Norfloxacin in Rats

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  1. UPRES EA 1223, Faculté de Médecine & Pharmacie, Poitiers, France

    Annie Delon, Mylène Giraudon, Serge Bouquet & William Couet

  2. Biomathematics Department, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

    Laurence M. Levasseur

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Delon, A., Levasseur, L.M., Giraudon, M. et al. Antagonistic Interaction Between the Convulsant Activities of Pefloxacin and Its Main Metabolite Norfloxacin in Rats. Pharm Res 16, 1894–1897 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011967813140

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