Is postictal electrical silence a predictor of response to electroconvulsive therapy?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-58

  Suppes, Trisha ^a,d   Webb, Andrew ^a   Carmody, Thomas ^a   Gordon, Eunice ^b   Gutierrez Esteinou, Rolando ^c   Hudson, James I ^e   Pope, Harrison G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Texas Dept Mental Hlth Mental R   (United States)

^c Janssen Pharmaceutica   (United States)

^d St Paul Prof Building No 1   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Affective illness; Electroconvulsive therapy; Major depression; Postictal suppression; Predictors; Treatment response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030569261     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0327(96)00066-3     Document Type: Article

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