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Review| Volume 45, ISSUE 4, P555-588, October 01, 1968

The narcotic addict as a medical patient

  • Joseph D. Sapira
    Correspondence
    Requests for reprints should be addressed to Joseph D. Sapira, m.d., Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1183 Scaife Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213.
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    Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
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    1 From the National Institute of Mental Health Addiction Research Center, Lexington, Kentucky.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9343(68)90172-1
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      Narcotic addicts present with many physical findings and disease patterns that are relatively unusual. These are discussed in a systematic fashion with emphasis on pathophysiologic explanations when available. Many obscure issues could profitably be investigated (or reinvestigated) with the use of modern technics of clinical research.
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