Seizure threshold in ECT: Effect of stimulus pulse frequency

Journal of ECT

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 133-135

  Girish, K ^a   Gangadhar, B N ^a   Janakiramaiah, N ^a   Lalla, Rajesh Kumar ^a  

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

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Physiological responses; Stimulus pulse frequency; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHIATRIST; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES;

EID: 0042386185     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200309000-00003     Document Type: Article

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