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DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editor

Intravenous Zolpidem Abuse: A Case for Serotonin Depletion

, MD, , MD, , MD, , MD & , MD, PhD
Page 534 | Received 12 Mar 2007, Accepted 15 Mar 2007, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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