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. 2010;12(3):PCC.10r00991.
doi: 10.4088/PCC.10r00991ecr.

Current approaches to the recognition and treatment of alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens: "old wine in new bottles" or "new wine in old bottles"

Theodore A Stern, Anne F Gross, Thomas W Stern, Shamim H Nejad, Jose R Maldonado

Current approaches to the recognition and treatment of alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens: "old wine in new bottles" or "new wine in old bottles"

Theodore A Stern et al. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2010.
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