Prevalence of Gabapentinoid and Opioid Copositives in a Reference Laboratory Patient Population.

J Appl Lab Med

Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, and ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.

Published: July 2024

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