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Phenytoin toxicity associated with hypoalbuminaemia and the paradoxical elevation of serum concentration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Masanobu Ito*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Kotaro Hatta
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Koichi Miyakawa
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Heii Arai
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
*
Masanobu Ito, MD, PhD Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Bunkyo-ku Hongo, Tokyo 1138421, Japan. Tel/Fax: +81 3 5802 1071; E-mail: masa110@juntendo.ac.jp

Abstract

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Comment & Critique
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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