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. 2019 Jan 14;191(2):E47.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.180599.

Gabapentin misuse

Robin Lennox  1 , Dee Mangin  2
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Gabapentin misuse

Robin Lennox et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None declared.

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