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The Effect of Piracetam on ECT—Induced Memory Disturbances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Dorry H. Ezzat
Affiliation:
Kuwait Psychological Medicine Hospital, State of Kuwait
Moustafa M. Ibraheem
Affiliation:
Kuwait Psychological Medicine Hospital, State of Kuwait
Bouthayna Makhawy
Affiliation:
Kuwait Psychological Medicine Hospital, State of Kuwait

Abstract

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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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