Breaking the drug addiction cycle is not easy in ketamine abusers

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 496-

  Wang, Yen Chieh ^a,b   Chen, Shao Kuan ^a,b   Lin, Chih Ming ^b,c  

^a Cathay General Hospital   (Japan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYALURONIC ACID; KETAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ANALGESICS; HUMANS; KETAMINE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 77951272843     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2010.02491.x     Document Type: Letter

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