Cardiac rupture during electroconvulsive therapy

Tongue laceration during electroconvulsive therapy

Corresponding author: Sang-Hwan Do, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 166, Gumi-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam 463-707, Korea. Tel: 82-31-787-7501, Fax: 82-31-787-4063, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommo...

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