General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 647.e5-647.e6 , November 2010

Duloxetine treatment of long-term ketamine abuse-related lower urinary tract symptoms: a case report

  • Jia-Yu Chao, M.D.

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  • Hwa-An Shai, M.D.

Received 11 March 2010 ,Accepted 29 June 2010.

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PII: S0163-8343(10)00138-6

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.06.009

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 647.e5-647.e6 , November 2010

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