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Cannabinoid Hyperemesis and Compulsive Bathing: A Case Series and Paradoxical Pathophysiological Explanation
Dale A. Patterson, EmmaLeigh Smith, Mark Monahan, Andrew Medvecz, Beth Hagerty, Lisa Krijger, Aakash Chauhan and Mark Walsh
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine November 2010, 23 (6) 790-793; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100117
Dale A. Patterson
MD
EmmaLeigh Smith
MD
Mark Monahan
MD
Andrew Medvecz
BS
Beth Hagerty
BS
Lisa Krijger
MD
Aakash Chauhan
BS

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Vol. 23, Issue 6
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Cannabinoid Hyperemesis and Compulsive Bathing: A Case Series and Paradoxical Pathophysiological Explanation
Dale A. Patterson, EmmaLeigh Smith, Mark Monahan, Andrew Medvecz, Beth Hagerty, Lisa Krijger, Aakash Chauhan, Mark Walsh
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2010, 23 (6) 790-793; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100117
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis and Compulsive Bathing: A Case Series and Paradoxical Pathophysiological Explanation
Dale A. Patterson, EmmaLeigh Smith, Mark Monahan, Andrew Medvecz, Beth Hagerty, Lisa Krijger, Aakash Chauhan, Mark Walsh
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2010, 23 (6) 790-793; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100117
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