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van den Broek, W.W., Groenland, T.H.N., Kusuma, A. et al. Alfentanil has no proconvulsive effect during electro convulsive therapy. Can J Anaesth 50, 198–199 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03017857
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