Electroconvulsive Therapy in Octogenarians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1990, Pages 753-758

  Barry, Patricia P ^b   Mead, Gayle ^b   Reefe, William E ^b   Gay, Alix ^b   Silverman, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0025309164     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1990.tb01465.x     Document Type: Article

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