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A different opinion regarding the use of opiate antagonists in PTSD: Comments on “an unusual reaction to opioid blockade with naltrexone in a case of post-traumatic stress disorder”

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Glover, H. A different opinion regarding the use of opiate antagonists in PTSD: Comments on “an unusual reaction to opioid blockade with naltrexone in a case of post-traumatic stress disorder”. J Trauma Stress 8, 483–486 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02102972

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