An Updated Overview on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Recent Antiepileptic Drugs

Shery Jacob1, Anroop B. Nair2
1Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, University Street, P.O.Box No.4184, Ajman, UAE
2Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

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