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Propofol and electroconvulsive therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. D. D. Laidlaw*
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital Birmingham B15 2QZ
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995

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