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Clonazepam (Fig. 1) corresponds chemically to 5-(2-chlorophenol)-1,3-dihydro-7-nitro-2H-1,4 benzodiazepin-2-one with an empirical formula of C15H10ClN3O3 and a molecular weight of 315.71.

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  1. UCL-Institute of Neurology Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Queen Square, London, London

    P. N. Patsalos

  2. Epilepsy Society Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, UK

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Patsalos, P.N. (2013). Clonazepam. In: Antiepileptic Drug Interactions. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2434-4_4

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