Acamprosate: an alcoholism treatment that may not be what we thought.

Neuropsychopharmacology

Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Published: March 2014

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