An open multicentric study evaluating 4-hydroxybutyric acid sodium salt in the medium-term treatment of 179 alcohol dependent subjects

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 341-345

  Addolorato, G ^a,b   Castelli, E ^b   Stefanini, G F ^b   Casella, G ^b   Caputo, F ^b   Marsigli, L ^b   Bernardi, M ^b   Gasbarrini, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPULSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMNOLENCE; VERTIGO; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0029743299     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008160     Document Type: Article

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