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Propofol and ECT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Peter M. Haddad  and
Susan M. Benbow
Peter M. Haddad
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9BX
Susan M. Benbow
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9BX
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 2 , August 1992 , pp. 277 - 278
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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