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Letter to the Editor

A Reply to “Comment on ‘The Abrupt Cessation of Therapeutically Administered Sodium Oxybate (GHB) May Cause Withdrawal Symptoms’”

Pages 125-127 | Published online: 15 Mar 2004

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