Risk for delirium tremens in patients with alcohol withdrawal syndromeFootnote¹

This work was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Federation for Medical Research, April 25–27, 1997, Washington, DC, and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program national meeting November 12–15, 1997.

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