Cognitive tolerability of electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with a history of traumatic brain injury

Journal of ECT

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-95

  Martino, Celena ^a,b   Krysko, Michael ^a   Petrides, Georgios ^a   Tobias, Kristen G ^a   Kellner, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Behavioral Health Science Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Depression; ECT; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; IMIPRAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 41849129940     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31814faae5     Document Type: Article

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