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Significant reduction of sertraline plasma levels by carbamazepine and phenytoin

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  1. Karolinska Institutet, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Huddinge University Hospital, 141 86, Stockholm, Sweden

    Maria Pihlsgaård & Erik Eliasson

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Pihlsgaård, M., Eliasson, E. Significant reduction of sertraline plasma levels by carbamazepine and phenytoin. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 57, 915–916 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-001-0416-3

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