Use of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) for treating ECT-induced headaches

Headache

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 502-505

  Ghoname, El Sayed A ^a   Craig, William F ^a   White, Paul F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Migraine; Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

OPIATE AGONIST; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIGRAINE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0032773950     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1999.3907502.x     Document Type: Article

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