Electroconvulsive therapy: Results in depressive illness from the Leicestershire trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 288, Issue 6410, 1984, Pages 22-25

  Brandon, S ^a   Cowley, P ^a   McDonald, C ^a   Neville, P ^b   Palmer, R ^b   Wellstood Eason, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; THERAPY;

EID: 0021258179     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.288.6410.22     Document Type: Article

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