The clonic phase of seizures in patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy is related to age and stimulus intensity

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Chao Chih ^a,b   Lin, Ching Hung ^b,c,d,e   Chiu, Yao Chu ^b   Tseng, Chih Chieh ^f,g  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; Clonic phase; Electroconvulsive therapy; Seizure duration; Tonic phase

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 84891707775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00166     Document Type: Article

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