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Use of vecuronium to prevent suxamethonium-induced myalgia after ECT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. M. Herriot ,
T. Cowain  and
D. McLeod
P. M. Herriot
Affiliation:
Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park 5042, Australia
T. Cowain
Affiliation:
Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park 5042, Australia
D. McLeod
Affiliation:
Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park 5042, Australia
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 168 , Issue 5 , May 1996 , pp. 653 - 654
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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