Electroconvulsive therapy in a pediatric patient with malignant catatonia and paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis

Journal of ECT

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-270

  Lee, Andrew ^a   Glick, David B ^b   Dinwiddie, Stephen H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Ovarian teratoma

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BROMOCRIPTINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; RISPERIDONE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; OVARY TERATOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATATONIA; CHILD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA;

EID: 33845429695     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yct.0000244236.72049.9e     Document Type: Article

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