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Negative Interaction Between Lithium and ECT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S.K. Ahmed
Affiliation:
Hayes Grove Priory Hospital, Prestons Road, Hayes, Kent BR2 7AS
G. S. Stein
Affiliation:
Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsdon, Surrey CR33 YL
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Abstract

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Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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