Seizure threshold estimation by formula method: A prospective study in unilateral ECT

Journal of ECT

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 258-262

  Girish, K ^a   Mayur, Prasanth M ^a   Saravanan, E S M ^a   Janakiramaiah, N ^a   Gangadhar, B N ^a   Subbakrishna, D K ^a   Umamaheswara Rao, G S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Formula method; Seizure threshold; Unilateral ECT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0034276596     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200009000-00006     Document Type: Article

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