Brief report: Electroconvulsive therapy for malignant catatonia in an autistic adolescent

Autism

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 349-358

  Wachtel, Lee Elizabeth ^a   Griffin, Margaret Merrie ^b   Dhossche, Dirk Marcel ^c   Reti, Irving Michael ^b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; electroconvulsive therapy; malignant catatonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUMAZENIL; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTISM; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECHOLALIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOSE FEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CATATONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954380101     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361309350135     Document Type: Article

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