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ECT, Dopamine and Delusions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Stephen J. Cooper
Affiliation:
Holywell Hospital, Antrim
David J. King
Affiliation:
The Queen's University of Belfast
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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