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Do benzodiazepines interfere with the action of ECT?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. Richard Green*
Affiliation:
Astra Neuroscience Research Unit, 1 Wakefield Street, London WC1N 1PJ
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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