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Painful sciatic neuropathy after heroin overdose

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  1. Department of Neurology, Clinique Ste Elisabeth, 206 Avenue de Fré, B-1180, Brussels, Belgium

    Michel Gille, Jean Delbecq & Anne Depré

  2. Department of Neurology, UCL Cliniques St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium

    Peter van den Bergh

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Gille, M., Delbecq, J., Depré, A. et al. Painful sciatic neuropathy after heroin overdose. J Neurol 242, 478–480 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00873553

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