Patients who develop epilepsy during extended treatment with electroconvulsive therapy

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-270

  Rasmussen, Keith G ^a   Lunde, Mary E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ATOMOXETINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIRTAZAPINE; MODAFINIL; NEFAZODONE; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRAZODONE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MANIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33847414068     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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