EEG Seizure in Bilateral ECT is Different between Low and High Stimulus Doses

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 197-199

  Motreja, S ^a   Janakiramaiah, N ^a   Gangadhar, B N ^a   Dutt, D Narayana ^c   Devaragudi, T S ^b   Subbakrishna, D K ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive Therapy; Electroencephalography; Seizures; Stimulus Dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032444535     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005949802900414     Document Type: Article

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