Rational polypharmacy: when two old drugs are better than one

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Gregory C Mathews. Epilepsy Curr. 2008 Sep-Oct.

. 2008 Sep-Oct;8(5):133-5.

doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2008.00268.x.

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Bumetanide enhances phenobarbital efficacy in a neonatal seizure model.
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