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Original Article

Functional neuroanatomy of craving in heroin use disorder: voxel-based meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) drug cue reactivity studies

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Pages 418-430 | Received 14 Oct 2022, Accepted 20 Jan 2023, Published online: 07 Mar 2023

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