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Hepatocellular adenoma associated with long-term exposure to phenobarbital: a paediatric case report

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  1. Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81-00133, Rome, Italy

    Caterina Cerminara, Valentina Bagnolo, Antonella Coniglio, Denis Roberto, Eliana Compagnone & Paolo Curatolo

  2. Unit of Hepatology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81-00133, Rome, Italy

    Francesco De Leonardis

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Cerminara, C., Bagnolo, V., De Leonardis, F. et al. Hepatocellular adenoma associated with long-term exposure to phenobarbital: a paediatric case report. Childs Nerv Syst 28, 939–941 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-011-1636-1

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