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The Role of Bilateral ECT When Right Unilateral ECT Is Inferior
Charles H Kellner1, Kate G Farber1
1From the Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|July 2, 2016
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