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Pharmacopsychiatry 2017; 50(03): 123-124
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-104777
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Dramatic Changes Over Time of Methamphetamine Intake in a German, HIV-Positive, Sample of Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)

Henrike Dirks
1   LVR-Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
,
Stefan Esser
2   Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
,
Norbert Brockmeyer
3   Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
,
Udo Bonnet
4   Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatic Medicine, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
,
Fabrizio Schifano
5   ‘Psychopharmacology, Substance Misuse and Novel Psychoactive Substances’ Research Unit, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
,
Norbert Scherbaum
1   LVR-Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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received 15 December 2016
revised 30 January 2017

accepted 24 February 2017

Publication Date:
26 April 2017 (online)

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Methamphetamine abuse MSM
 

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