Stimulus dosing in electroconvulsive therapy and the threshold multiple method

Journal of ECT

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-90

  Swartz, Conrad M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYCARDIA; DOSE CALCULATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MANIA; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034976491     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200106000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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