Antiepileptic drugs and high prevalence of low bone mineral density in a group of inpatients with chronic epilepsy
โ Scribed by Beerhorst, K.; Tan, I. Y.; De Krom, M.; Verschuure, P.; Aldenkamp, A. P.
- Book ID
- 121841088
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 114 KB
- Volume
- 128
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6314
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