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Case Study

A delayed injection-site reaction in a patient receiving extended-release naltrexone

Keith AhamadBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;Department of Family Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;Department of Family and Community Medicine, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
P. Todd KorthuisDepartment of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA;Department of Public Health-Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
, MD, MPH,
Paula J. LumPositive Health Program, HIV/AIDS Division, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
, MD,
Cheyenne JohnsonBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
, RN &
Evan WoodBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
, MD, PhD
Pages 278-280 | Published online: 11 May 2016

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