Treatment of Meige's syndrome with ECT

Journal of ECT

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-157

  Boshes, Roger A ^a,b   Afonso, Jose A ^a   Tanev, Kaloyan ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Laboratory for Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Meige's syndrome; Movement disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEIGE DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE DEGENERATION; TIC;

EID: 0033430195     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-199906000-00007     Document Type: Article

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