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Spontaneous Seizures After ECT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Walter F. Daniel*
Affiliation:
Medical Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street Durham, North Carolina 27705
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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