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LETTER TO THE EDITORS

Brain stimulation treatments for depression

Mark S. GeorgeBrain Stimulation Division, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Thomas SchlaepferDepartment of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Bonn, Germany
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Frank PadbergPsychiatry Department, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Paul B. FitzgeraldMonash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Pages 167-168 | Received 30 Sep 2013, Accepted 11 Nov 2013, Published online: 10 Feb 2014

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