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Prolonged seizures detectable by electroencephalogram in electroconvulsive therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

A. I. F. Scott  and
R. G. McCreadie
A. I. F. Scott
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
R. G. McCreadie
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Research, Crichton Royal Hospital, Dumfries DGI 4TG
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 175 , Issue 1 , July 1999 , pp. 91 - 92
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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