Concurrent use of lamotrigine and electroconvulsive therapy

Journal of ECT

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-152

  Sienaert, Pascal ^a   Roelens, Yolente ^b   Demunter, Hella ^a   Vansteelandt, Kristof ^a   Peuskens, Joseph ^a   Van Heeringen, Cornelis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

anticonvulsant; bipolar disorder; depressive disorder; electroconvulsive therapy; lamotrigine; mood stabilizer

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 79958784408     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181e63318     Document Type: Article

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