ECT for the treatment of intractable mania in two prepubertal male children

Convulsive Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 74-82

  Hill, Michael A ^a,b   Courvoisie, Helen ^a   Dawkins, Karon ^a   Nofal, Philip ^a   Thomas, Barb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Electroconvulsive therapy; Mania, treatment resistant

Indexed keywords

BENZATROPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MANIA; PREPUBERTY;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; METHOHEXITAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 0030806974     PISSN: 07498055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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