High Dose Levo-Methadone Treatment for Cancer Pain in a Patient with a History of Drug Addiction
โ Scribed by Christoph Ostgathe; Jan Gaertner; Friedemann Nauck; Raymond Voltz
- Book ID
- 113741177
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 73 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3924
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