Pseudocholinesterase Deficiency in an ECT Patient: A Case Report

Psychosomatics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-393

  Reti, Irving M ^a   Torres, Jonathan ^b   Morad, Athir ^a   Jayaram, Geetha ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; CINCHOCAINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; METHOHEXITAL; NEOSTIGMINE; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLINESTERASE DEFICIENCY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOOD; RECALL; SEIZURE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOCHOLINESTERASE DEFICIENCY;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHOLINESTERASES; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOCHOLINESTERASE;

EID: 84856406264     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.01.029     Document Type: Letter

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