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Young patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia drastically improved by combination of clozapine and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy: a case report

Masashi Ito1 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yasuto Kunii1 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan;2 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Aizu Medical Center, Fukushima, Japan
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Sho Horikoshi1 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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Itaru Miura1 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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Shuntaro Itagaki1 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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Tetsuya Shiga1 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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Hirooki Yabe1 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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Pages 185-188 | Published online: 21 Jun 2019

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