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The pharmacological treatment of depression in adults with epilepsy

Marco Mula Amedeo Avogadro University, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Section of Neurology, Novara, Italy
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Bettina Schmitz Universitätsmedizin-Charité, Seizure Clinic, Department of Neurology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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Josemir W Sander UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK +44 20 3108 0122; +44 20 3108 0115; [email protected]; SEIN – Epilepsy Institute in the Netherlands Foundation, Heemstede, The Netherlands
Pages 3159-3168 | Published online: 28 Nov 2008

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