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Original Article

Reducing the severity of alcohol withdrawal with oral baclofen: a randomized controlled trial

Daniel B. HeppeDepartment of Medicine, Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA; ;Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Angela KenistonDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA; ;Department of Medicine, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, USA; View further author information
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Tiffany BendelowDepartment of Medicine, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, USA; View further author information
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Lauren McBethDepartment of Medicine, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, USA; View further author information
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Stephen WaringEssentia Institute of Rural Health, Duluth, MN, USA; View further author information
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Jeffrey LyonDepartment of Hospital Medicine, Essentia Health, Duluth, MN, USAView further author information
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Richard K. AlbertDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA; View further author information
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Pages 220-225 | Received 02 Feb 2018, Accepted 21 Jun 2018, Published online: 28 Sep 2018

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