ECT for catatonia in an autistic girl

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-333

  Wachtel, Lee E ^a   Kahng, SungWoo ^b   Dhossche, Dirk M ^b   Cascella, Nicola ^b   Reti, Irving M ^b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CHILD; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CATATONIA; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449155071     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07081246     Document Type: Article

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