A follow up study on the efficacy of metadoxine in the treatment of alcohol dependence

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Guerrini, Irene ^a,b   Gentili, Claudio ^c   Nelli, Gloria ^c   Guazzelli, Mario ^c  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION; METADOXINE; PYRIDOXINE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIDOXINE; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248404065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-1-35     Document Type: Article

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