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- ↑ "MindFreedom, article title Another victory against forced electroshock. Simone D. wins!". MFIPortal. 7 July 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
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- ↑ "MindFreedom, article title Another victory against forced electroshock. Simone D. wins!". MFIPortal. 7 July 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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