BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 238-239 , October 2010

Successful switch to maintenance rTMS after maintenance ECT in refractory bipolar disorder

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PII: S1935-861X(10)00089-6

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.06.006

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 238-239 , October 2010

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