ECT used in depression following childbirth, in a woman with learning disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 115-117

  Cutajar, Peter ^a   Wilson, David ^a   Mukherjee, Tapati ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Newark General Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006875621     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1998.tb00062.x     Document Type: Article

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