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Original Research

Macrocytosis among patients with heroin use disorder

Mei-Hing Ng1 Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University , Taichung, Taiwan;2 Tsaotun Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare , Nan-Tou County, Taiwan
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Vincent Chin-Hung Chen3 Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi County, Taiwan;4 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hua Ting1 Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University , Taichung, Taiwan;5 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chung-Shan Medical, University Hospital, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tsang-Yaw Lin2 Tsaotun Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare , Nan-Tou County, Taiwan
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Sheng-Huang Chang2 Tsaotun Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare , Nan-Tou County, Taiwan
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Michael Gossop6 National Addiction Center, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London , London, UK
Pages 2293-2298 | Published online: 12 Aug 2019

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