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Case report| Volume 22, ISSUE 7, P899-906, July 1987

Influence of naloxone on brain and behavior of a self-injurious woman

  • Curt A. Sandman
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    Address reprint requests to Curt A. Sandman, Developmental Research Institute, Fairview, 2501 Harbor Boulevard Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
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    State Developmental Research Institute, Fairview, Costa Mesa, CA, and the University of California Irvine Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Orange, CAU.S.A.
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  • Jennifer L. Barron
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    State Developmental Research Institute, Fairview, Costa Mesa, CA, and the University of California Irvine Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Orange, CAU.S.A.
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  • Francis M. Crinella
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    State Developmental Research Institute, Fairview, Costa Mesa, CA, and the University of California Irvine Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Orange, CAU.S.A.
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  • James F. Donnelly
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    State Developmental Research Institute, Fairview, Costa Mesa, CA, and the University of California Irvine Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Orange, CAU.S.A.
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