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Modified electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of refractory schizophrenia-like psychosis associated with Huntington’s disease

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Nagasaki University Hospital, Sakamoto 1-7-1, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan

    Takeshi Nakano, Shinji Ono, Junji Yamaguchi, Ryu Sugimoto, Naohiro Yamaguchi, Yoshiro Morimoto, Tatsuya Kubo, Hiroki Ozawa & Naohiro Kurotaki

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Nakano, T., Ono, S., Yamaguchi, J. et al. Modified electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of refractory schizophrenia-like psychosis associated with Huntington’s disease. J Neurol 260, 312–314 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6720-2

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