Stability of neuropsychological testing during two years of maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in an autistic man

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 301-302

  Wachtel, Lee E ^a,b   Reti, Irving M ^b   Dhossche, Dirk M ^c   Slomine, Beth S ^a   Sanz, Jacqueline ^a  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; RILUZOLE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650987953     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.11.013     Document Type: Letter

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