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Possible brain damage by electroconvulsive therapy: Memory impairment and cultural resistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Arthur Cherkin
Arthur Cherkin
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Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center and Psychobiology Research Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Sepulveda, Calif. 91343
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , March 1984 , pp. 25 - 26
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