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Permanent Neurologic Damage from Chronic Gamma Hydroxybutyrate Abuse

Kelly S. Barth Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South CarolinaCorrespondence[email protected]

, DO,

Steven Hines Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

, MD &

Robert P. Albanese Jr. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

, MD

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