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Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Neurocritical Care Unit: Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Thiamine Deficiency

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  1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Salia Farrokh

  2. Novant Health, Winston Salem, NC, USA

    Christina Roels

  3. Yale-New Haven Health, New Haven, CT, USA

    Kent A. Owusu

  4. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Sarah E. Nelson

  5. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Aaron M. Cook

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This article is related to the review article available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-020-01061-8. This article is a response to the letter to the editor available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-020-01167-z.

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Farrokh, S., Roels, C., Owusu, K.A. et al. Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Neurocritical Care Unit: Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Thiamine Deficiency. Neurocrit Care 34, 707–708 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-020-01168-y

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