Electroconvulsive therapy and corpus callosum aplasia: A case report

Journal of ECT

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages e17-e20

  Palm, Ulrich ^a   Forsthoff, Anna ^a   De La Fontaine, Larissa ^a   Rupprecht, Tobias ^a   Karch, Susanne ^a   Meisenzahl, Eva M ^a   Pogarell, Oliver ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catatonia; Corpus callosum aplasia; Electroconvulsive therapy; Interhemispheric synchronicity; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MIVACURIUM; OLANZAPINE; PROPOFOL; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SULPIRIDE; SUXAMETHONIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CATATONIA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 79952186258     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181dd7d87     Document Type: Article

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