Phenobarbital overdose presenting with status epilepticus: A case report
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Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam*, Fereshteh Ghadiri , Maziar Shojaei , Nasim Zamani a,b a Toxicological Research Center, Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran b Excellence Center of Clinical Toxicology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Department of Neurology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Seizure
دوره 40 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016