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Newsletter "Clinica dell'Alcolismo"

No. 48 (2016)

La terapia farmacologica dell'alcolismo: i farmaci anti-alcol non ancora autorizzati dagli organismi regolatori ma utilizzati nella pratica clinica o in fase di sperimentazione. I farmaci che modulano il sistema del glutammato: il topiramato e il gabapent

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settembre 25, 2017
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2017-09-25

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