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. 2020 Jun;36(2):80-85.
doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000690.

Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Time of Coronavirus Disease

Phern Chern Tor  1 , Adeline H H Phu  2 , Doris S H Koh  2 , Yee Ming Mok  1
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Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Time of Coronavirus Disease

Phern Chern Tor et al. J ECT. 2020 Jun.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest: All authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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