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Dopamine receptor imaging in alcohol dependency: should personality traits be taken into account?

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Goethals, I., Van De Wiele, C. & Audenaert, K. Dopamine receptor imaging in alcohol dependency: should personality traits be taken into account?. Eur J Nucl Med 28, 1299–1305 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002590100641

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