ECT treatment and cerebral perfusion in catatonia

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-254

  Galynker, Igor I ^a,b   Weiss, Joanna ^a   Ongseng, Fukiat ^a   Finestone, Howard ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

catatonia; electroconvulsive therapy; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN; CATATONIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031039311     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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