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Dissociation of motor response from mood and cognition in a Parkinsonian patient treated with ECT

  • Robert C. Young
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    From the Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, USA

    The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, White Plains, NY, USA
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  • George S. Alexopoulos
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    From the Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, USA

    The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, White Plains, NY, USA
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  • Charles A. Shamoian
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(85)90028-9
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      Publication history

      Received: October 6, 1984

      Footnotes

      ☆Supported in part by funds from the Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College; the Greenwall Foundation; and the Xerox Foundation.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(85)90028-9

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