Phencyclidine (PCP)

D. A. Gorelick
Treatment Branch
National Institutes of Health
NIDA/Intramural Program Research Center
Baltimore, Maryland 21224.

R. L. Balster
Department of Pharmacology
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, Virginia 23298.


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