Electroconvulsive therapy: A guide for family physicians

American Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 273-278

  Banazak, Deborah A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 0030068410     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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