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Reply to the likeliness of 0.5 and 1.0 ms stimuli in bilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

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The Original Article was published on 10 September 2020

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Neurosciences Group, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Bellvitge University Hospital, Feixa Llarga s/n, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907, Barcelona, Spain

    Aida de Arriba-Arnau, Virginia Soria & Mikel Urretavizcaya

  2. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain

    Aida de Arriba-Arnau, Virginia Soria & Mikel Urretavizcaya

  3. Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Virginia Soria & Mikel Urretavizcaya

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de Arriba-Arnau, A., Soria, V. & Urretavizcaya, M. Reply to the likeliness of 0.5 and 1.0 ms stimuli in bilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 271, 217–218 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-020-01192-1

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