Adverse cognitive effects and ECT;Kognitive störungen und elektrokrampftherapie

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 156, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 200-208

  Prapotnik, Michael ^a   Pycha, Roger ^b   Nemes, Csaba ^a   König, Peter ^a   Hausmann, Armand ^c   Conca, Andreas ^a  

^a Abteilung Für Psychiatrie   (Austria)

^b Zentrum für Seelische Gesundheit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adverse cognitive effects; Brain damage; Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE;

AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ANIMALS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; NERVE NET; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33646843225     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-005-0237-6     Document Type: Review

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