General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 415-416 , September 2004

Fibromyalgia, borderline personality, and opioid prescription

  • Randy A. Sansone, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45401, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45401, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry Education, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Robert Hawkins, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45401, USA
    • Department of Rheumatology Education, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.07.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 415-416 , September 2004

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