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Divalproex in the Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal

Hugh Myrick Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC, 29425, U.S.A.
, M.D.,
Kathleen T. Brady Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC, 29425, U.S.A.
, M.D., Ph.D. &
Robert Malcolm Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC, 29425, U.S.A.
, M.D.
Pages 155-160 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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