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Cannabis derivatives therapy for a seronegative stiff-person syndrome: a case report
Article first published online: 21 JUN 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2012.01365.x
© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Vicente-Valor, M. I., Garcia-Llopis, P., Mejia Andujar, L., Antonino de la Camara, G., García del Busto, N., Lopez Tinoco, M. J., Quintana Vergara, B., Peiro Vilaplana, C., Dominguez Moran, J. A. and Sánchez Alcaraz, A. (2013), Cannabis derivatives therapy for a seronegative stiff-person syndrome: a case report. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 38: 71–73. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2012.01365.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 2 JAN 2013
- Article first published online: 21 JUN 2012
- Received 7 December 2011, Accepted 15 May 2012
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