Electroconvulsive therapy — A treatment of choice in contemporary psychiatry?
✍ Scribed by M. Daniel; K. Hellgren; H. Nybäck
- Book ID
- 119175431
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 129 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0924-9338
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