Maintaining abstinence from alcohol with γ-hydroxybutyric acid [8]

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Volumn 351, Issue 9095, 1998, Pages 38-

  Addolorato, Giovanni ^a   Cibin, Mauro ^b   Caprista, Esmeralda ^b   Beghe, Franco ^b   Gessa, GianLuigi ^b   Stefanini, Giuseppe F ^b   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0032477554     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)78088-0     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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