Alcohol-dependence: The current french craze for baclofen

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 848-849

  Rolland, Benjamin ^a,b   Bordet, Régis ^a,b   Cottencin, Olivier ^a,b,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN;

ALCOHOLISM; FRANCE; HUMAN; LETTER;

ALCOHOLISM; BACLOFEN; FRANCE; GABA AGONISTS; HUMANS;

EID: 84857626076     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03752.x     Document Type: Letter

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