Hypochondriacal delusion in an elderly man with good response to electroconvulsive therapy but complicated with febrile reaction
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Depression and Anxiety
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2455-5460
DOI: 10.17352/2455-5460.000021