Electroconvulsive therapy for catatonia in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of ECT

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-144

  Fam, Johnson ^a   Lee, Tih Shih ^b   Lee, Huei Yen ^a   Ng, Beng Yeong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Catatonia; Electroconvulsive therapy; Neuropsychiatry; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLANZAPINE; PREDNISOLONE; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFUSION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ECHOLALIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STEREOTYPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CATATONIA; CHINA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77953141739     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181c1881f     Document Type: Article

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