Epilepsy Research
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 73-82 , July 1997

Status epilepticus induced by pilocarpine and picrotoxin

Received 23 September 1996 ,Revised 20 January 1997 ,Accepted 25 April 1997.

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