N-Acetylcysteine as a Treatment for Addiction
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Jennifer E. Murray1,2,*, Jérôme Lacoste3 and David Belin2,4 1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 2INSERM European Associated Laboratory, Psychobiology of Compulsive Habits, 3Unité de Recherche Clinique Intersectorielle, Centre Hospitalier Henri-Laborit, Poitiers, 4INSERM U1084 LNEC & Université de Poitiers, AVENIR Team Psychobiology of Compulsive Disorders, Poitiers, 1,2UK 2,3,4France
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تاریخ انتشار 2012