The ictal electroencephalogram as a marker for the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-164

  Folkerts, Here ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ECT; Efficacy; Electrophysiological marker; Epileptic discharges; Ictal EEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STEREOTYPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029926684     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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