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Biological Psychiatry

Volume 71, Issue 8, 15 April 2012, Pages e35-e37
Biological Psychiatry

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Effective Deep Brain Stimulation in Heroin Addiction: A Case Report with Complementary Intracranial Electroencephalogram

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Patient A is a 47-year-old treatment-refractory heroin-dependent man who had been using heroin for 22 years at the time of intake. After he was fully informed and signed informed consent, he was the first patient to be included in a larger pilot study that was approved by the medical ethical board of the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam (Protocol 09/322). The patient had been treated with all currently available evidence-based interventions, including four long-term inpatient treatments with a

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