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ECT seizure quality and serum BDNF, revisited

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH), University of Heidelberg, J5, 68159, Mannheim, Germany

    Alexander Sartorius, Jan Malte Bumb, Suna Su Aksay, Peter Gass & Laura Kranaster

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Charité Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany

    Rainer Hellweg

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Sartorius, A., Bumb, J.M., Aksay, S.S. et al. ECT seizure quality and serum BDNF, revisited. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 265, 359–360 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-015-0580-6

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