Prolonged confusional state following electroconvulsive therapy -Diagnostic clues from serial electroencephalography

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 316-320

  Pogarell, Oliver ^a   Ehrentraut, S ^a   Ruther T ^a   Mulert, C ^a   Hegerl, U ^a   Moller H J ^a   Henkel, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON CONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAVEFORM;

AMNESIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; COGNITION; CONFUSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MIDDLE AGED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 29144502094     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-916187     Document Type: Article

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