General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 440-442 , September 2006

Electroconvulsive therapy complicated by life-threatening hyperkalemia in a catatonic patient

Received 24 May 2006 ,Accepted 7 July 2006.

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PII: S0163-8343(06)00127-7

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.07.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 440-442 , September 2006

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