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Electroconvulsive Therapy for Catatonia with mTOR Mutation

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    Charles B. Mormando DO, John C. Garman BS, Cezary Mikoluk BS & Andrew Francis PhD MD

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Mormando, C.B., Garman, J.C., Mikoluk, C. et al. Electroconvulsive Therapy for Catatonia with mTOR Mutation. J Autism Dev Disord 51, 3782–3783 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04815-7

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