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Effect of Phenytoin on Serum Phenobarbitone Levels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. D. Cameron*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, BS16 1LE
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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