Could ECT be effective in autism?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-376

  Dhossche, Dirk M ^a   Stanfill, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

AUTISM; CATATONIA; CHROMOSOME 15; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GENE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3342908802     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.03.023     Document Type: Article

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