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Comment
. 2013 Nov;76(5):827-8.
doi: 10.1111/bcp.12175.

Network meta-analysis and the comparison of efficacy and tolerability of anti-epileptic drugs for treatment of refractory focal epilepsy

Gaetano Zaccara  1 , Sanjay M Sisodiya, Fabio Giovannelli, Matthew C Walker, Dominic C Heaney, Heather Angus-Leppan, Tim Wehner, Sofia H Eriksson, Rebecca Liu, Fergus Rugg-Gunn, Simon D Shorvon, Josemir W Sander
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Network meta-analysis and the comparison of efficacy and tolerability of anti-epileptic drugs for treatment of refractory focal epilepsy

Gaetano Zaccara et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Nov.
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