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Opioid blockade in PTSD: A reply

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  1. Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 40536-0086, Lexington, Kentucky

    James A. McCubbin

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, 40506-0044, Lexington, Kentucky

    Paloma Ibarra

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McCubbin, J.A., Ibarra, P. Opioid blockade in PTSD: A reply. J Trauma Stress 8, 487–489 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02102973

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