Of Phenobarbital for Neonatal Seizures: Response Rate and Refractoriness Predictors

Georgia Ramantani

doi:10.1055/s-0036-1586224

Neuropediatrics, Table of Contents

Neuropediatrics 2016; 47(05): 281-282
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1586224

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Of Phenobarbital for Neonatal Seizures: Response Rate and Refractoriness Predictors^[*]

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Georgia Ramantani

¹Division of Child Neurology, University Children's Hospital, Steinwiesstrasse 75, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland

²Swiss Epilepsy Centre, Zurich, Switzerland

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Of Phenobarbital for Neonatal Seizures: Response Rate and Refractoriness Predictors[*]

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Of Phenobarbital for Neonatal Seizures: Response Rate and Refractoriness Predictors^[*]