Acta Med. 2001, 44: 33-35

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.84

Thyroid Function of Former Opioid Addicts on Naltrexone Treatment

Ioannis Iliasa, Ioannis Kakoulasa, Ioulia Christakopouloub, Kyriakos Katsadorosa

aKlimax - Support Foundation for the Socially Excluded, Athens, Greece
bSotiria Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Athens, Greece

Received August 1, 2000
Accepted January 1, 2001

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