Effective electroconvulsive therapy for stupor in the high risk patient: A report of two cases

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 129-131

  Mashimo, Kiyoshi ^a   Sato, Yuuichi ^a   Yamauchi, Toshio ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dehydration; electroconvulsive therapy; hypernatremia; rheumatoid arthritis; stupor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; JOINT CONTRACTURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STUPOR;

EID: 0029896070     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1996.tb01676.x     Document Type: Article

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