Diuretics as Antiepileptic Drugs: Should We Go with the Flow?

  1. Kevin J. Staley M.D.

Article first published online: 24 MAY 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1535-7597.2002.00018.x

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Epilepsy Currents

Epilepsy Currents

Volume 2, Issue 2, pages 35–38, March/April 2002

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Staley, K. J. (2002), Diuretics as Antiepileptic Drugs: Should We Go with the Flow?. Epilepsy Currents, 2: 35–38. doi: 10.1046/j.1535-7597.2002.00018.x

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

*Address correspondence to Kevin J. Staley, M.D., University of Colorado, Department of Neurology, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Box B-182, Denver, CO 80262; E-mail: kevin.staley@uchsc.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 24 MAY 2002
  2. Article first published online: 24 MAY 2002

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