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ECT seizure duration and efficacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

W. F. Daniel
W. F. Daniel*
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Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Logan Hall, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 166 , Issue 3 , March 1995 , pp. 399 - 400
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Copyright © 1995 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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