Electroconvulsive therapy-responsive catatonia in a medically complicated patient

Journal of ECT

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-237

  Romanowicz, Magdalena ^a   Sola, Christopher L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

catatonia; ECT; encephalitis lethargica; limbic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROSURGERY; ORBIT CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CATATONIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77956464069     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181c18a8c     Document Type: Article

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